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.
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.”
“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.
Last year’s inaugural STEM Camp at Penn State Mont Alto was an overwhelming success, but camp organizers wanted to take it to the next level. After polling last year’s students, camp was expanded to offer activities and field trips beyond the college campus. Thirty rising ninth and 10th graders from a dozen Pennsylvania school districts participated in the week-long day camp, which began July 10.
Over the last several months, the Student Engagement Network has made significant progress in advancing the University’s strategic priority focusing on transforming education through student engagement.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Academic Leadership Program has gained four additional Fellows from the Penn State ranks. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities. Through its leadership program, participants who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills.
Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recognized the recipient of the Outstanding Senior Award, as well as Outstanding Students in golf course turfgrass management, forest technology and wildlife technology for the 2016-17 academic year.
Penn State Mont Alto will host the 23rd Annual Cumberland Valley Women’s Conference (CVWC) in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at the Mont Alto campus.
