“Dream big just like I did,” said Melizza Zavala Duran ’18, Student Government Association president, as she welcomed the incoming Class of 2017 and encouraged the students to get involved.
On Sept. 6, Penn State Mont Alto will host an Evening Talk and Star Party beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Library when Thomas "Tom" Reinsfelder, Penn State Mont Alto associate librarian, presents “Life Inside a Big 10 Academic Research Library: So Much More than Books.”
On Aug. 31, Penn State Mont Alto dedicated the Summit Health Nursing Lab and celebrated the arrival of Lucina — a wireless maternal simulator that will allow nursing students to practice a wide range of birthing scenarios.
The National Science Foundation has joined in supporting Penn State’s goal of taking more of its discoveries to market by awarding Penn State a five-year, $500,000 Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to establish the Invent Penn State I-Corps Site in collaboration with Ben Franklin Technology Partner’s TechCelerator, Happy Valley LaunchBox, and Invent Penn State’s Innovation Hubs.
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.
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.”
The Penn State Smoke Free/Tobacco Free Task Force, in an effort to enhance the health of the entire Penn State community, has concluded its evaluation of options and is recommending to make Penn State a tobacco-free University.
From Sept. 26-28, Penn State Mont Alto Career Services held its second annual Career Closet in the Wiestling Student Center, offering free professional clothing to Mont Alto students for interviews, internships and job placement.
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 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
