Jumper posted a 2-2 head-to-head record while finishing in fifth place in the 207 weight class during Sunday’s PA Women’s Collegiate State Championships at East Stroudsburg University.
Penn State Altoona student-athlete Hunter McMullen, of Colver, was announced as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Jan. 27. McMullen helped to lead the Lions to a 3-0 week that consisted of wins over nonconference opponents Lebanon Valley College, Juniata College and Elizabethtown College.
Selected to the Penn State Altoona Athletics Hall of Fame were Frank "Junie" Moore (men's basketball, 1947–1949), Reese Piper (men's basketball, 1971–1972), the 2000–2001 and 2001–2002 women's basketball teams, Tony Petulla (baseball, 2005–2008), Jimmy Baum (baseball, 2009–2012) and Cord Heine (baseball, 2009–2012). Moore enters the Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Achievement Inductee. The induction ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, in the Adler Athletic Complex.
Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy," titled "The Monstrous Image: Horror in Graphic Novels (Something is Killing the Children and Universal’s Frankenstein)."
Michele Dunleavy, 2024-25 Penn State Laureate, will offer her Rhythm in Motion workshop at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Room 148 of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts at Penn State Altoona.
A poem by Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was featured in Rattle magazine and its “Rattlecast” podcast on the eve of the 2025 U.S. presidential inauguration.
Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy, and Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies, released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy," titled "Nosferatu and 'First Word on Horror' with Philip Gelatt."
Penn State Altoona will hold a discussion on generative AI in academia at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center. Nicholas Rowland, distinguished professor of sociology; Fabricio Saucedo, assistant professor of kinesiology; and student Dawson Coventry will serve as guest speakers.
Penn State Altoona will hold auditions for the spring 2025 production of Sophie Treadwell's 1928 play "Machinal" from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 15 and 16, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
