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Spring 2013 Diversity Conference

5.22.2013 Penn State Altoona hosted a regional diversity conference on Saturday, April 13, 2013 in the Slep Student Center. The event, titled "The Changing Diversity Footprint: Taking purposeful STEPS to m...

2013 Blair County Arts Festival

5.20.2013 The 46th annual Blair County Arts Festival, sponsored by the Blair County Arts Foundation, was held May 18 and 19 on the Penn State Altoona campus. The festival kicked off at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, May...

Black to lead Gettysburg book discussion

5.17.2013 Brian Black, professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, will discuss his upcoming book, "Gettysburg Contested," Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lutheran ...

Faculty administrative assistants take first place in University-wide sustainability challenge

5.16.2013 Penn State Altoona's "Earth Angels" Green Team members, lead by Michele Kennedy, took first place in the 12% Energy Challenge in the Commonwealth Campus category with 100% participation...

Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony

5.15.2013 The annual Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony was held Friday, May 3, 2013, on campus. Penn State Altoona faculty and staff members were honored with accolades such as the Outstanding Lecturer Award, ...

Steve and Nancy Sheetz present major gift to Penn State Altoona

5.14.2013 Altoona residents Stephen G. and Nancy L. Sheetz have made a leadership gift commitment to Penn State Altoona to create a Trustee Scholarship and scholarship endowment in support of the Sheetz Fellows...

Penn State Altoona commemorates Sexual Assault Awareness month

5.13.2013 Penn State Altoona's Sexual Assault and Violence Prevention subcommittee held several events and activities in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness month during April. One such event was th...

Spring 2013 Gown Meets Town Event

5.9.2013 Penn State Altoona held its spring semester Gown Meets Town event Friday, April 26, 2013. Students from various disciplines showcased their work through presentations to the Blair County business comm...

Spring 2013 Commencement

5.8.2013 It was a lovely day to graduate! The sun was shining for the class of 2013 as they enjoyed their commencement ceremony, held Saturday, May 4 at the Jaffa Mosque in Altoona. About 230 of the 275 gradu...

Womack's book selected as Independent Publisher Book Awards gold medal winner

5.7.2013 The Restaurant at the End of the World, the second novel by Kenneth Womack, Penn State Altoona's associate dean for Academic Affairs, was selected as the gold medal winner in the 2013 Independent...