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Sustainability Council workshop

Sustainability Council workshop at Altoona

2/25/13

Penn State Altoona's Sustainability Council held its first workshop on Feb. 19. Faculty and staff were introduced to recent changes, new practices, and future initiatives in recycling at the campus.

Penn State Altoona to host Mustafa Akyol

2/25/13

Mustafa Akyol, newspaper columnist, political commentator, and author, will present March 12 and 13 at Penn State Altoona. The presentations are free and open to the public.

Sheetz Fellows Induction

Penn State Altoona inducts second class of Sheetz Fellows

2/19/13

With the encouragement of Sheetz Fellows program founder Stephen G. Sheetz to measure future success based on personal standards, beliefs, and desires, six Penn State Altoona students celebrated their formal induction into the program of advanced instruction and activities that promote an enhanced awareness and understanding of business theory and practice.

Penn State Altoona students at THON 2013

Penn State Altoona surpasses $100,000 THON goal

2/19/13

Penn State students have more than 12 million reasons to celebrate this week as their fundraising efforts to fight pediatric cancer have paid off in a big way. A record total of $12,374,034.46 was revealed during the Feb. 17 culmination of THON, the 46-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon. Penn State Altoona was responsible for more than $100,000 of that, breaking its own goal, being the first commonwealth campus ever to raise that sum, and raising the most of all the commonwealth campuses.

Poetry reading on Feb. 19

2/13/13

Penn State Altoona will present a poetry reading by Lee Peterson, instructor in English, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

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From pediatric cancer patient to Penn State student, survivor thrives

2/12/13

At first glance, Ian Hochberger is your average college student. However, unlike most Penn State students, Hochberger, a senior majoring in broadcast journalism, just attended his 20th consecutive Penn State Dance Marathon to celebrate his success in beating pediatric cancer.

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StoryCorps oral history project to visit Penn State Altoona

2/5/13

Residents in the Altoona, Pa. area are invited to record an interview with a friend or loved one that will be preserved for others to hear and enjoy as part of the StoryCorps project, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to recording, preserving and sharing the extraordinary stories of Americans from all backgrounds and beliefs.

The recordings will take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., March 14 through 16 in room 128 of the Robert E. Eiche Library on the Penn State Altoona campus.

Professor selected as TEDxPSU speaker at University Park event

2/4/13

Lee Ann De Reus, associate professor of human development and family studies and women studies at Penn State Altoona and co-founder of Panzi Foundation USA, has been selected as a speaker for the March 17, TEDxPSU event in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus.

Join the Pink Zone on Feb. 6

2/4/13

The Penn State Altoona women's basketball team renews its annual effort to support the fight against breast cancer this week at its Pink Zone event on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

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Steve and Nancy Sheetz

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.

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.