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Ivyside Dance Ensemble hits the stage

4/22/13

Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble will perform at 7:30 p.m. April 25 and 26, in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Tickets are $5 for Penn State Altoona students and $7 for general admission. Children younger than 12 are free.

College to hold spring Gown Meets Town event

4/22/13

Penn State Altoona's Division of Business & Engineering, the Altoona Blair County Development Corp. and the Blair County Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce the spring Gown Meets Town student showcase, Friday, April 26, at the Devorris Downtown Center in downtown Altoona.

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Grant recipients and authors honored at annual reception

4/17/13

Penn State Altoona held its annual Research Reception on April 16, 2013. The reception honors those who received external grants and/or who have published books over the last year. Twenty-three grants and ten books were recognized during the reception.

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Womack named 2013-14 Penn State laureate

4/4/13

Kenneth Womack, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, has been named Penn State laureate for the 2013-14 academic year. A prolific writer of a variety of both scholarly and general-audience topics, Womack is highly regarded as an expert of popular culture, most notably of the Beatles, and also is a critically acclaimed novelist.

Small business workshop set for April 10

4/1/13

Penn State Altoona's free small business workshop for entrepreneurs, small business owners and students will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10.

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U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame adds professor's photographs to permanent collection

6/10/13

Mary Lou Nemanic, associate professor of communications at Penn State Altoona, has had documentary photographs accepted into the permanent collection of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. Taken during the 1980s, the 16-inch by 20-inch, toned silver prints feature former U.S. hockey great John Mariucci. They are a part of a 20-print exhibit of hockey photographs that will be placed on regular display.

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Steve and Nancy Sheetz present major gift to Penn State Altoona

5/14/13

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 program. The commitment is the couple’s second to the campus during For the Future: The Campaign For Penn State Students.

Book by Penn State laureate, associate dean chosen as gold medal winner

5/6/13

"The Restaurant at the End of the World," the second novel by Kenneth Womack, Penn State Altoona's associate dean for Academic Affairs and the 2013-14 Penn State laureate, was selected as the gold medal winner in the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards. The novel was honored for Best Regional Fiction (Mid-Atlantic), and Womack will receive the medal on May 29 at a ceremony in New York City.

Wireless networks coming to residence halls on multiple campuses

4/23/13

Housing will begin providing wireless networks this May that will eventually service all Penn State student rooms and apartments. Information Technology Services (ITS) will install and manage the large network for housing that will cover all residence hall buildings at University Park as well as the Altoona, Beaver, Berks, Erie, Greater Allegheny, Harrisburg, Hazleton and Mont Alto campuses. The project will install approximately one access point radio in every three-student room to ensure robust network coverage. The estimated 4,200 access point radios will broadcast both the psu (authenticated) and attwifi (guest network) network IDs.

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Tim Tebow speaks to packed house

4/22/13

"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard enough," stated Tim Tebow, when describing his competitive spirit, drive and determination. Tebow, NFL quarterback, Heisman Trophy winner and philanthropist spoke to a record crowd of more than 1,700 people on Tuesday, April 16, as part of the Penn State Altoona Speaker Series.

University Choir and Jazz Band to perform April 27

4/22/13

Penn State Altoona's University Choir and University Jazz Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Paul R. and Margery Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.