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827 hits - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

SNAPSHOTS: Celebrating 70 years!

Penn State Altoona celebrated its 70th anniversary Sunday, October 25, 2009. Part of 12th Avenue in downtown Altoona was closed for the four-hour community celebration. Nine student and faculty musi...

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560 hits - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Penn State Altoona dynamic duo to hold book signing at Barnes and Noble

Chancellor Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry and Kenneth Womack, interim associate dean for Academic Affairs, will sign copies of their new book, "Penn State Altoona," from 2 - 4 p.m., Saturday, November 21, 200...

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507 hits - Monday, October 26, 2009

Penn State Altoona announces new Kappa Delta Pi chapter

Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, will install the new Penn State Altoona Chapter, Alpha Epsilon Pi, at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 15, 2009 in the Port-Sky Cafe. More than fifty ...

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478 hits - Saturday, November 7, 2009

Candlelight Vigil scheduled for Tuesday, November 10, 2009

A candlelight vigil in remembrance of Nicole Chauvet, the Penn State Altoona student who passed away as the result of an automobile accident on Sunday, November 1, 2009, has been scheduled for Tuesday...

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474 hits - Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Biology professor offers presentation on species interaction

The Biology degree program at Penn State Altoona will host a presentation by Dr. Tracy Langkilde, Penn State assistant professor of biology, on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 7 p.m. in room 207 of th...

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465 hits - Friday, October 30, 2009

Penn State Altoona welcomes back former professor for book reading

Award-winning author Dinty Moore will read from his memoir "Between Panic and Desire" at Penn State Altoona's Edith Davis Eve Memorial Chapel, at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, November 17. Now a professor of...

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353 hits - Monday, November 2, 2009

Gamma Phi Beta presents "Puttin' on the Hits"

The Penn State Altoona of Gamma Phi Beta will present the 18th annual "Puttin' on the Hits" on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Adler Athletic Complex. Admission for the...

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341 hits - Thursday, November 12, 2009

Penn State Altoona goes green with Summer Rayne Oakes

Eco-model, environmental activist, and Planet Green television host, Summer Rayne Oakes will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2009 in the Adler Athletic Complex on the Penn State Altoona camp...

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334 hits - Friday, October 23, 2009

Wilson to present "a personal odyssey in the social sciences"

Penn State Altoona's political science degree program will offer a presentation by L.A. Wilson, assistant dean for research and sponsored programs, director of academic information technology, and ins...

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334 hits - Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Finding My Path: A personal reflection with Barbara Hong

Penn State Altoona's office of Institutional Equity and Diversity will offer a presentation by Barbara Hong, associate professor of special education, on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 from 12:10 - 1:10 p....

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