News Top 10

Check out Penn State Altoona's ten most popular news items from the past 30 days listed below. For a complete listing of Penn State Altoona news items, visit our News Archive.

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626 hits - Thursday, June 6, 2013

Penn State Altoona hosts Ina Garten for Speaker Series

Ina Garten, the celebrated specialty food store maven and bestselling cookbook author, will be at the Blair County Convention Center November 6, 2013, at 7 p.m., at part of Penn State Altoona’s Spea...

566 hits - Monday, May 20, 2013

2013 Blair County Arts Festival

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...

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506 hits - Thursday, May 30, 2013

Jabbeh Wesley selected to help write history of Liberia

Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, associate professor of English, has been selected to help write the first comprehensive history of the Republic of Liberia. Wesley was selected by the organizers of the Liberia...

266 hits - Friday, June 7, 2013

N.E.W. gift to Penn State Altoona funds Camp Nittany and sports camps scholarships

N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc. has presented a $1,500 gift to Penn State Altoona to fund scholarships for area youth attending the campus’ summer sports camps and Camp Nittany....

224 hits - Friday, May 31, 2013

Penn-Mont Preschool to present preschool summer camps

The Penn-Mont Academy Daycare at Penn State Altoona will once again offer a series of preschool summer camps from June 10 through August 9, 2013. Penn-Mont's summer programming provides student w...

219 hits - Thursday, May 30, 2013

Kids’ College is back for another summer at Penn State Altoona

Not sure what activities to get your kids involved in this summer? Penn State Altoona is here to help! The college will once again offer week-long fun and educational programs throughout the summer fo...

171 hits - Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Davis publishes fourth book of poetry

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies, has had his fourth book of poems, In the Kingdom of the Ditch, published by Michigan State University Press. In poetry that is at once acces...

133 hits - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Davis talks about his new book of poems on WPSU's Take Note

Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, was recently featured on WPSU's Take Note. He spoke about his new book of poems, In the Kingdom of the Ditch, an...

116 hits - Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Spring 2013 Diversity Conference

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...

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107 hits - Monday, June 10, 2013

Nemanic's work in Hall of Fame permanent collection

Mary Lou Nemanic, associate professor of communications, has had documentary photographs accepted into the permanent collection of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Taken during the 1980s, the 16...