Penn State Altoona nursing major Alexis Christoff recently received a DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nursing Students from UPMC Altoona in recognition of the compassion and care she offered to a recovering patient.
Penn State students working with Penn State Sustainability are making an impact in communities across the state and gaining hands-on experience in the field with Sustainable Communities Collaborative projects. These efforts were on display during a recent Campus and Community Sustainability Expo that was co-hosted by State College Borough and Penn State Sustainability.
The Penn State Altoona World Languages program held a semester-end celebration honoring its best students in French, German and Spanish with certificates for outstanding achievement based on faculty nomination. The program also celebrated the sixth iteration of its Global Conversations initiative, connecting students with native speakers around the globe.
Student marshals are chosen based on academic achievement and represent their academic division by leading graduating students from their division during the commencement procession.
Three Penn State Altoona English majors presented their senior seminar projects on Dec. 7 as part of English 487W, the capstone course for the program.
Seven Penn State campuses have created the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
A group of Penn State Altoona elementary and early childhood education majors presented posters at the Campus and Community Sustainability Expo in State College held Thursday, Dec. 7.
Seven Penn State faculty earned 2023-24 Teaching Transformation and Innovation Grants from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to experiment, test or implement a teaching innovation that addresses an important instructional concern.
“Breaking the Silence: Anthology of Liberian Poetry,” an anthology edited by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was recognized as a 100 Notable African Book of 2023 by Brittle Paper.
