The last week of February 2024 still offers a few events across campuses for Black History Month, including at Penn State Brandywine, Harrisburg, Dickinson Law, Lehigh Valley, Shenango, and York. In addition, several exhibits are still available to visitors at Penn State University Park, Brandywine and Harrisburg.
Betsy Keene, museum curator of the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, has been working with Penn State Altoona students on the Flight 93 National Memorial Oral History Project for more than 10 years. Her Jan. 18 presentation, “Preserving Stories in Our National Parks,” will explain the project and talk about plans to make it more widely accessible.
The 24th annual African American Read-In at Penn State Altoona will take place Feb. 18-19. This year’s theme, “Black Ecologies,” celebrates environmental writing by Black authors who examine the human relationship with the more-than-human world.
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.
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.
Penn State Altoona’s Division of Student Affairs is collecting boxes of cereal for the St. Vincent DePaul Assumption Chapel Food Pantry in Altoona from Oct. 30 through Dec. 6.
At an event held on Oct. 31, leaders from the Student Philanthropy Network announced that the class of 2024 has voted to create the University Park Undergraduate Association Basic Needs Endowment as their class gift. The fund will provide sustained support for students facing hardships in pursuit of their degree.
The Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family will present the “Is My Business Bankable” webinar from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov.14, via Zoom. Terry Powers, senior vice president and regional manager at M&T Bank, will help participants determine what they need to do to improve the financial profile of their business.
Penn State recognizes first-generation students as those whose immediate parents or legal guardians have not completed a baccalaureate degree. Over 35% of students are first generation at Penn State Altoona.
