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Dance For a Cure

Dance for a Cure volunteers and organizers celebrate the night’s success. All proceeds from the evening go to THON, the 46-hour dance marathon benefiting Four Diamonds Fund, a charity that supports children with cancer. 

2024 African American Read-In Logo with the text Black Ecologies

2024 African American Read-In Logo

The 24th annual African American Read-In at Penn State Altoona will take place Feb. 18-19. This year’s theme, “Black Ecologies,” celebrates environmental writing by Black authors who examine the human relationship with the more-than-human world. Their works explore topics from wilderness and outdoor adventure to gardening, geography, environmental science, urban nature, and issues such as environmental justice and climate change. This theme is as old as the 400-year African American literary tradition itself, offering the enjoyment of both contemporary and historical works across a range of genres such as poetry, short fiction, novels, and essays.

The logo for the 2024 African American Read-in was created by student artist Mekhi Hicks.
 

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CRIMJ (2)

Lehigh County Coroner Dan Buglio speaks to students in Debra Dreisbach’s Violent Crimes class. The students toured the office, learned about its daily operations and the various tools and techniques used in the field, and had the option to observe an autopsy. 

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CRIMJ

Students had the option to observe an autopsy. They learned the tools and techniques used to conduct a procedure and toured an autopsy bay.  

A flyer for the HPA 100 course

HAP 100 flyer

"Research Methods and Careers" is a seven-week asynchronous course designed to provide students an introduction to research as a potential career path in health policy and administration. 

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Lehigh Valley Writing Project

For more than 25 years, the Penn State Lehigh Valley Writing Project (LVWP) has been helping local teachers across all disciplines and grades improve the teaching of writing and learning in their schools and communities.

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Jonathan Perez (BBH)

Senior biobehavioral health student Jonathan Perez conducts a fabric-dying lab inside the STEM wing at Penn State Lehigh Valley.