Penn State Mont Alto Chancellor Francis K. Achampong hosted an open house and reception on Nov. 16 to introduce the Mont Alto LaunchBox, a program to promote entrepreneurship in Franklin County. The event was held in conjunction with Penn State’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, Nov. 12-16, and highlighted what Penn State is doing to promote entrepreneurship.

About 150 Penn State Mont Alto alumni, family members, and friends gathered at the Nittany Lion Inn on Nov. 11 for Mont Alto’s ninth annual Alumni and Friends Tailgate. The event was held prior to Penn State's Homecoming football game against Rutgers.

Raise your voice. Give back on #GivingTuesday. Anyone making a gift to the Penn State Mont Alto Athletics Fund from 6:55 p.m. on Nov. 27 through midnight on Nov. 28 will be generously matched up to $5,000 by Joshua Dunklebarger, class of 2002, and his wife, Erica, class of 2005. Mont Alto Athletics is one of Penn State’s matching gift challenges available during a 24-hour giving event, #GivingTuesday.

The Penn State Mont Alto Student Veterans Association will host a Veterans Day ceremony beginning at 12:20 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Veterans Memorial in front of Conklin Hall. Chief Master Sgt. William A. Lengner, superintendent of the 193rd Special Operations Group Middletown, will be the featured speaker.

Penn State Mont Alto will host a free, public Evening Talk and Star Party beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in the General Studies Auditorium, with David Seitz, Mont Alto associate professor of communications, presenting “Speaking to the Heart: The Rhetorical Appeal of Pathos.” Following the talk, Kimberly Herrmann, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will lead a “moonless” star party from 8:45 to 10 p.m.

Penn State Mont Alto will host its final Campus Symposium for the fall term from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, with a discussion of the controversy surrounding athletes and others who kneel during the national anthem to protest police violence against black Americans.

Penn State Mont Alto Chancellor and Waynesboro Rotarian urged fellow Rotarians and others to continue in the fight to eradicate polio on World Polio Day, Oct. 24.

On Oct. 13, Penn State Mont Alto hosted its 22nd Annual Scholarship Social to honor scholarship students and recognize donors who are providing financial support for scholarships and other campus programs.

Penn State Mont Alto Director of Student Affairs Curtis Hoover presented a Faculty and Staff Colloquy Series talk, titled “Coming Out in the U.S.: An Overview," in honor of National Coming Out Day (NCOD) ― an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) celebration observed on Oct. 11

Penn State Mont Alto Chancellor Francis K. Achampong will host an open house and reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 16 to introduce the Mont Alto LaunchBox, a program to promote entrepreneurship in Franklin County. The event will be held in conjunction with Penn State’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov. 12-16) and will highlight what Penn State is doing to promote entrepreneurship.

Penn State Mont Alto’s Student Nursing Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) collected diapers during the Aug. 31 dedication of Mont Alto’s Summit Health Nursing Lab and celebration of the campus’ new child-birthing simulator, “Lucina and baby.”

Photographer Staci Grimes’ exhibit titled “Falling to Places” will be on display on the second floor of the Penn State Mont Alto Library through mid-December. The show, which is open to the public at no charge, includes 22 photographs highlighting Grimes’ travels and are available for purchase.