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Based upon early successes, “The Art and Science of Human Flourishing” will be offered as a three-credit course at seven Penn State campuses — Altoona, Brandywine, Fayette, Greater Allegheny, Mont Alto, University Park and York — and is the focus of a research study evaluating possible outcomes in increased student health and well-being.

Penn State Mont Alto College of Nursing students Kaylee Read and Katherine "Katy" Grimm presented research that could help members of the Waynesboro Hospital Board make good decisions for patient care.

Penn State University Libraries awarded its Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy to students at nearly all undergraduate Penn State campuses in April, honoring 97 undergraduate students as well as eight graduate students participating in their respective campus-wide research exhibition events.

A webinar to help aging individuals cope with loss, dying and death in later life will be presented at Penn State Mont Alto from 9:30 a.m. to noon on May 22, in room 304 of the Science and Technology Building. It is open to the public and free of charge. Healthcare professionals can receive 2.5 hours of continuing education credit through Hospice Foundation of America at a cost of $21 per certificate.

Penn State Mont Alto theater students performed two original, educational puppet shows about saving the rain forest at the invitation of First Lady of Pennsylvania Frances Wolf, during the annual Earth Day Celebration at the governor’s residence on April 22.