Teresa D. Miller, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, will address the Penn State Mont Alto graduating Class of 2019 during their commencement ceremony on May 4 beginning at 10 a.m. in the Multipurpose Activities Center on campus.
Penn State Mont Alto will hold its annual trauma-scenario training exercise for forest technology and nursing students from 8 a.m. to noon on April 18 at the campus.
On April 24, Penn State Mont Alto theater students will perform an educational puppet show for preschool-aged children, 3- to 5-year-olds, about dog safety, recycling and bullying. The show will be presented from 4 to 4:30 p.m. at the Chambersburg Memorial YMCA located at 570 East McKinley Street in Chambersburg. It is open to the public and free of charge.
Penn State Mont Alto honored students and faculty members achieving academic and teaching excellence during the annual Academic and Leadership Awards Ceremony in the Multipurpose Activities Center on April 7.
Longtime Penn State Mont Alto Director of Athletics Robert "Marty" Ogle died on Friday, March 29, after a short and courageous battle with cancer. Ogle served as the Mont Alto athletic director for 28 years before retiring in June of 2016.
Seventy-two Penn State Mont Alto students will display and present their best academic and artistic work on April 12, during the 14th annual Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival, from noon to 3 p.m. in the Multipurpose Activities Center (MAC). An awards ceremony will follow in the General Studies Building auditorium at 3:45 p.m. The public is invited to attend free or charge.
Penn State Mont Alto will host its final Colloquy Series talk of the spring semester on April 10, when Associate Teaching Professor of Forest Technology Elizabeth Brantley will lead a tour of the Penn State Mont Alto Arboretum during a farewell reception in her honor.
The new Solar Power Purchasing Agreement in partnership with Lightsource BP, announced by Penn State in February, has benefits beyond renewable energy. A national model, the agreement was designed from the start to extend its sustainability impacts to protection of the local landscape and encouraging student and faculty research.
On April 3, the Evening Talk Series at Penn State Mont Alto will feature “The True Story of How and Why Handel Wrote ‘Messiah.’” The talk will be presented by William (Bill) Rolar, lecturer in music, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the General Studies Auditorium on the Mont Alto campus. If weather permits, a Star Party will follow.
Entrepreneurs across the University will pitch their business ideas and create inventive solutions to common problems through a series of competitions and challenges held during Penn State Startup Week from April 1-5. The challenges are at the heart of Startup Week’s mission of teaching and inspiring participants to make innovation a part of their lives, communities and careers, either by starting their own companies or bringing a problem-solving approach to established organizations.
