Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble to take the stage

3.15.2013 Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble will perform April 25 - 26, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $5 for Penn State Altoona students and $7 f...

Collection by Davis is finalist for Book of the Year Award

3.13.2013 Todd Davis’s edited collection, Fast Break to Line Break: Poets on the Art of Basketball published by Michigan State University Press, was announced this week as a finalist for the 2012 ForeWord Boo...

Jim Daniels to present stories and poems about the American working class

3.13.2013 Jim Daniels will present a reading from his selections of stories and poems about working class people in America on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edith Davis Eve Chapel on the Penn Stat...

Black to participate in Civil War conference

3.13.2013 Brian Black, professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, is an invited participant in the March 15, 2013, conference "The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the...

LiveWire online multimedia magazine celebrates 10 years

3.11.2013 2013 marks the ten year anniversary of LiveWire, Penn State Altoona's online, multimedia magazine. The magazine will celebrate with a tenth anniversary event on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 from 5:0...

Penn State Altoona VAST students to present work

3.6.2013 Art works by Penn State Altoona’s Visual Art Studies (VAST) students will be on display April 18 - 28, 2013, in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. A reception ...

Penn State Altoona celebrates Women's History Month

2.21.2013 In commemoration of the Women’s History Month 2013, Penn State Altoona is planning a number of events for students, faculty, staff, and members of the surrounding community....

Brown-bag lunches to feature short films directed by women

2.21.2013 As part of Women's History Month, Penn State Altoona will present two brown-bag lunches featuring short, independent films by women. The films will be shown Thursday, March 14 and Tuesday, March ...

Lee Peterson kicks off Hard Freight Cafe

2.20.2013 It was a successful night of showcasing Penn State Altoona talent during the last Hard Freight Cafe of the academic year. The open mic event opened with a reading by Lee Peterson, instructor in Engli...

Hard Freight Deadline extended to Feb. 28

2.20.2013 The deadline for Spring 2013 submissions to Hard Freight, Penn State Altoona’s student literary magazine, has been extended to Thursday, Feb. 28 at midnight. Up to three total entries per student wi...