On May 6, Penn State Mont Alto recognized 107 graduating students, conferring 53 bachelor’s degrees and 54 associate degrees. Timothy G. Henry, president and chief executive officer of Franklin Financial Services Corporation and F&M Trust, gave the commencement address in the Multipurpose Activities Center (MAC).
Chancellor Francis K. Achampong thanked and recognized Penn State Mont Alto faculty and staff for their hard work and dedication on May 5 during the annual End-of-Year Luncheon and Awards Ceremony in the Multipurpose Activities Center.
On May 4, Forestry Instructors Craig Houghton and Beth Brantley took time from grading papers during finals week to assist former forestry student, Brett Reichard ’16, to plant a tree in the memory of his grandfather, Gerald W. Reichard, who passed away in October 2016.
Nearly 100 Penn State Mont Alto students presented and displayed their best academic and artistic work during the Twelfth Annual Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival on April 21, 2017. Following the festival, winners were announced and recognized during an awards ceremony.
The public is invited to join the Penn State Mont Alto Student Chorale in two exciting upcoming choral performances under the direction of Music Instructor Fred Davison.
In 1971, the Shah of Iran celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing an extravagant party that would mark the break between the Shah and the people of Iran he reigned over. The documentary “Decadence and Downfall – The Shah of Iran’s Ultimate Party” will be shown as part of the “Docunight: Iran via Documentaries” series at 7 p.m. on May 3.
This spring Penn State expects to award 13,894 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 226 associate, 11,435 baccalaureate, 1,590 master’s, 262 law, 244 doctoral and 137 medical degrees. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
This week, we recognize three people and members of staff who go above and beyond what's asked of them in their work at the University. We're sending a "We Are!" to Penn Staters with Penn State Hazleton and Penn State Mont Alto, and a student at University Park who started at Penn State Behrend.
Wenhong Luo, an assistant curator at the Yunnan Nationalities Museum in China and visiting scholar in American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg, will present a lecture on Chinese quilts, entitled “NÜ GONG as a Cultural Practice in Chinese History,” at the Penn State Mont Alto Library. The lecture will begin at 11:00 a.m. It is free of charge and open to the public.
On April 21, Penn State Mont Alto theater students will perform four puppet shows beginning at noon at the Waynesboro Daycare Center in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. About 60 children, ages 4 and 5, will attend the performance. All of the shows have educational themes, including sportsmanship, recycling, healthy eating and exercise, and sharing and working together.
