Traditional pageantry and the colorful flow of faculty members in full academic regalia officially opened Penn State Mont Alto’s 2016-17 academic year during the annual Founders Convocation on Aug. 20 in the Multipurpose Activities Center.
On Aug. 26, legislators participated in an open forum with about 30 Penn State Mont Alto Honors Program and communication students and faculty members in the General Studies Building Auditorium.
Imagine your classroom is an incredible journey, traveling through South Africa and studying while also getting introduced to amazing people, places and animals. Penn State Mont Alto business management student Erica Newton experienced such a journey in spring 2016, when she participated in Penn State’s Allied for Earth Sciences Engineering and Development in Africa (AESEDA) Parks and People: South Africa Wild Coast Program.
The Penn State Mont Alto Admissions Office invites interested students and their families to attend the following fall admissions events on the Mont Alto campus. Registration is available online at montalto.psu.edu/visit or by calling 717-749-6130 or 800-392-6173.
The Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies is exhibiting several John Bell reproductions from its Bell Commemorative and Annual Bell Family reproduction series throughout the 2016 fall term on the second floor of the Penn State Mont Alto Library. Members of the community are welcome to view the display from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Greater Chambersburg Chamber of Commerce will host the Chambersburg Business and Industry Expo at Penn State Mont Alto on Oct. 20, 2016 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Activities Center (MAC) on the University’s campus. The tailgate-themed event will feature 30 businesses, showcasing their products and services, tail-gate-themed food, music by Island Fusion, prizes and giveaways, as well as a visit by the Penn State Nittany Lion. Tickets are $7 (students $5) and are available online at www.chambersburg.org/events or at the door. Businesses are welcome to participate and the public is encouraged to attend.
Penn State Mont Alto will host a new “Evening Talk and Star Party” series during fall 2016. Each event will begin at 7:30 p.m. with an instructor sharing his or her expertise in the General Studies Auditorium with light refreshments. Weather permitting, a star party, led by Penn State Mont Alto Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Kim Herrmann, will follow in the field behind the Multipurpose Activities Center.
The art of Geoffrey Thulin is on exhibit through mid-December at the Penn State Mont Alto Library, second floor. Members of the community are welcome to view the show 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The exhibit includes watercolor and mixed media paintings.
State Rep. Paul Schemel will host a town hall meeting at Penn State Mont Alto during which Nicholas Pyeatt, Penn State Altoona associate professor of political science, will speak on the topic of the United States Electoral College and presidential elections. The public is encouraged to attend the free event, which will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 in the General Studies Auditorium
