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LION Tank Winners

LION Tank Winners

Corry Wiechec and Dwight Neptune are the second- and first-place winners, respectively of the Mont Alto LaunchBox LION Tank Competition. 

David Brantley

David Brantley Marqo

David Brantley presents Marqo, a customer loyalty program delivered through an app that offers customers prizes and incentives while benefiting local businesses during LION Tank.

LION Tank Judges

LION Tank Judges

LION Tank winners are announced by judges John Rotz, a retired high-ranking bank administrator, most recently from First Community Bank of Mercersburg; Linsey Covert, CEO and Founder of TEAMology; and Tom Trgovac, CEO of Global Data Consultants. 

Corry Wiechec

Corry Wiechec Powder Popper

LION Tank's second-place winner Corry Wiechec demonstrates his product, Powder Popper, which makes mixing powdered formula for infants better, cheaper and faster.

Dwight Neptune BeagleDrones

Dwight Neptune BeagleDrones

Entrepreneur Dwight Neptune took first-place for BeagleDrones, his company's modular drone racing kit, during the Second Annual LION Tank Competition on March 15 at Penn State Mont Alto.

Penn State Mont Alto campus sign

Mont Alto Campus contributes $38.4M to PA economy

Penn State Mont Alto contributed $38,443,918 to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017, and supported, directly and indirectly, 499 Pennsylvania jobs. A new study released Feb. 26 by Penn State focused on measuring the University’s impact in communities across the Commonwealth.

‘Persistence’ is topic of Colloquy Series Talk

Faculty members will describe a multi-year study, which involves collecting data to examine various personal and academic characteristics to predict student persistence in their academic programs, during a Penn State Mont Alto Colloquy Series talk from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. March 13, in the Heritage Room of The Mill Café. The talk is open to the public and free of charge.