"On behalf of the Jump Start students," said Learning Support Services Coordinator Marla Minnich, "the campus support with this effort was greatly appreciated. The donations by the Mont Alto campus community exceeded 250 non-perishable food items."

Dr. Beth Brantley, forestry faculty at Mont Alto, recalls inviting Grove to campus in September 2009 as a guest speaker. “David spoke with the freshmen forest technology students about his career as a WCO and the steps he took to get there.” says Brantley. “I had the opportunity to work with David while he was a student here at Mont Alto. He was an extraordinary young man - very bright, inquisitive, positive, ethical. He will be missed.”

“Our thoughts are with the Grove family during this difficult time,” said Dr. David Gnage, chancellor. “Penn State Mont Alto was proud to call David our alumnus and we remember him fondly.”

Presented by Darlene Gilliland, financial aid coordinator at Penn State Mont Alto, these sessions cover the following topics: 

• What is financial aid
• Cost of attendance – direct and indirect cost
• Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
• What is financial need
• Categories, types and sources of financial aid
• FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) Application
• Special circumstances

The presentation takes about one and a half hours with questions taken at the end of each topic and a question/answer period to cover additional topics at the conclusion.  The free financial aid sessions will be offered as follows:

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 5:30 pm
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library
45 East Main Street
Waynesboro, PA  17268

Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Greencastle-Antrim Chamber of Commerce
217 East Baltimore Street
Greencastle, PA  17225

Monday, November 22, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Grove Family Library
101 Ragged Edge Road South
Chambersburg, PA  17201

Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Coyle Free Library
102 North Main Street
Chambersburg, PA  17201

To register or for more information, please contact Darlene Gilliland at dxg1@psu.edu.

Area nurses now have access to a master’s degree program to prepare them to work as Nurse Practitioners (NPs). The Penn State School of Nursing is expanding its present NP program to two additional campuses, including Mont Alto and Worthington Scranton. This Master of Science (MS) degree program does not require General Record Exams (GREs) for admission but it does provide students two specialty options: the Family Nurse Practitioner or the Adult Nurse Practitioner. The NP program is currently offered at four other Penn State campuses. The School of Nursing received funding through two HRSA grants (Health Resources and Services Administration). One grant has enabled the University to expand its NP program to rural, medically underserved areas; the other will fund tuition and books for select students for their two years of study (program candidates who serve rural communities and enroll full-time will be considered).

The NP program is a four-semester master’s level cohort beginning next fall at Penn State Mont Alto; space is limited to six students. It is available to registered nurses (RNs) who hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The program will prepare nurses for direct patient care, leadership roles in practice settings, and nursing education. 

Specialties include:
-Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP): 47-50 credits
-Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP): 41-44 credits

The Penn State School of Nursing also offers an RN program and a bachelor’s degree program at the Mont Alto campus.

The SGA reports this event is to show veterans that the Penn State Mont Alto campus and SGA appreciate their dedication and commitment to serving our country.

Please direct questions to Diamond Harper, SGA Communications Coordinator, at dgh5068@psu.edu.

The project needs adults, couples, and families in the morning, from 8:30am to around 1:00pm, and adults to play search volunteers in the afternoon, from around 1:00pm to 6:30pm. Adults from the morning can double as extras in the afternoon.

The morning scenes involve adults and families picnicking. Extras are asked to come dressed for a Fall picnic and bring with them basic picnic items (food, blankets, etc.). The afternoon scenes involve emergency vehicles, police and search volunteers. Extras are asked to dress in appropriate clothes for searching the woods and to bring a flashlight with them, if possible.

Filming will take place on the Penn State Mont Alto campus near the Red #1 parking lot close to the soccer field. First Assistant Director Tressa Bellows will be coordinating extras. Extras can park in any legal parking space (avoid handicapped spaces).

TWO DAYS BACK is a low-budget, independent film that is being produced in cooperation with Penn State Mont Alto as part of a two-year practicum in filmmaking. The film stars professional actors, but the production crew is comprised of Penn State Mont Alto students from various disciplines.

Interested parties are welcome to show up unannounced on Sunday, November 7, but the production would appreciate hearing from people who plan on participating in advance of the shooting date. If possible, interested persons should email Dr. Kevin Boon at info@thirdchildproductions.com or call Dr. Boon at (717) 321-5683 by Friday, November 5.

Penn State Laureate Robin Becker will share some of her work during a public reading at Penn State Mont Alto on Monday, November 8 at 2:00pm in the campus library. A book signing will follow at the campus bookstore at 3:30pm. Becker, a professor of English and women's studies in the College of the Liberal Arts and a nationally acclaimed poet, was named the 2010-11 Penn State laureate earlier this year.

The Penn State laureate is a full-time University faculty member in the humanities or fine arts who is assigned half-time for one academic year to bring an enhanced level of social, cultural, artistic and human perspective and awareness to a broad array of audiences. The laureate appears at events throughout the University and the state.

"As the 2010-2011 Penn State laureate, I will initiate activities that engage students, alumni and others in the deep pleasures of poetry -- language crafted and shaped from words, the ‘ordinary’ material we all use every day," said Becker. "Through readings and discussions, I'll present poems by myself and others, exploring how and why poems move us. Working with new technologies, I hope to combine 'virtual' activities with campus visits throughout the state."

A member of Penn State's faculty since 1994, Becker has published seven books of poetry and has been highly sought as a contributor, judge, reviewer and critic in the field of poetry for almost two decades. She has logged more than 125 speaking engagements across the United States, including numerous universities, the National Arts Club, and the New York Public Library. Becker has received many awards for her work, including the 1997 Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry for her book of poems titled "All-American Girl." From Prairie Schooner magazine, she received the 2010 Glenna Luschi Award for Excellence in Writing for 10 poems published in that journal. In 2000, she received Penn State’s George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Becker graduated from Boston University with undergraduate and master's degrees in English and creative writing-poetry, respectively. She began her faculty career in The Writing Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In spring 1992 she served as a visiting professor of English at Kent State University. She was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in creative writing in 1989, a 1995-96 fellowship by the Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College and a 2000-01 fellowship as the William Steeple Davis Artist-in-Residence in Orient, N.Y. In addition, she has had residencies at artist colonies including The MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Ucross Foundation and the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico.

Becker's first book of poetry, "Personal Effects," was published in 1979; her subsequent published collections include "Giacometti's Dog," "All-American Girl," "The Horse Fair," and, most recently, "Domain of Perfect Affection." The Frick Art and Historical Center published "Venetian Blue," a chapbook of Becker’s poems about the visual arts.

Becker is a contributing editor to Ploughshares magazine and The Women’s Review of Books, where she also serves as poetry editor and writes a column on the national poetry scene called "Field Notes." Her book reviews and poetry often appear in prestigious national literary journals.

For information about the poetry reading, book signing, and reception, contact the Office of Academic Affairs at smk17@psu.edu or 717-749-6051. For more information about Becker, visit http://english.la.psu.edu/facultystaff/Bio_Becker.htm online. A list of her scheduled events is at http://live.psu.edu/story/47796 online.

To watch videos of Becker reading some of her poems during her weekly laureate series "The Poet's Perspective," visit http://laureate.psu.edu/videos online.

Penn State Mont Alto had good reason to celebrate over the weekend at its 15th annual Scholarship Reception. This semester, 221 Mont Alto students are receiving scholarship support totaling $354,000. More than 460 donors and the students  who benefit from the scholarships they’ve established attended the reception, a celebration of philanthropy at the campus. The event was sponsored by Waste Management for the fifth year.

Four major gifts from Mont Alto alumni were announced at the reception as well. They are:

• Robert Rumler ’36, gift of $28,000 creating a new student scholarship
• Dr. John Pursley, ’41, gift of $30,000
• John Richter, ’59 , gift of $50,000 to endow the Richter Oak Grove in the Mont Alto Arboretum
• Richard Herstine, ’49, gift of $50,000 creating a new student scholarship

“Our scholarship reception always stirs emotion,” said Chancellor Dr. David Gnage. “It is a special time to unite deserving students with their donors, giving our students the opportunity to share their appreciation to their donors for the way they make a true difference in their lives.” Penn State Mont Alto’s For the Future Campaign is the driving force behind the campus’ scholarship program. It runs through 2014 and thus far, 52% of Mont Alto’s $5 Million goal has been raised.

“Despite a weak economy, philanthropic giving at Penn State is doing well,” according to Randall Ackerman, development director at Mont Alto. “We have a lot of work ahead to reach our goal, but the campus is generating support from all generations of givers.  The strong attendance at this scholarship event showed that a lot of generous people truly believe in our students and their quest to earn a Penn State degree.”

The 15th Annual Scholarship Reception at Penn State Mont Alto was held Friday, October 22nd.

Carole L. Crist attended the Mont Alto campus in 1972. She has been a vice president and relationship manager at F&M Trust in Chambersburg since 2008.  Prior to that role, she was executive vice president and founding member of Sentry Trust Company, as position as assistant vice president and trust officer at ValleyBank in Chambersburg. Crist serves on the Executive Board of the Chambersburg Community Theatre, the Institute for Caregiver Education Advisory Board, the Franklin County Fair Board, and as a rotating member of Kiwanis Club.   

Lance Keggereis ’92 (B.S. Civil Engineering) is the president of Dennis E. Black Engineering, Inc. in Chambersburg. He has more than 16 years of experience in a wide variety of civil engineering practices in Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. He has been engineering designer         and project manager on numerous residential, commercial, municipal and industrial development projects including subdivisions and land development, storm water management, soil erosion and sedimentation control, grading plans, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal systems, roadway design, construction inspections, reports, acquisition of PA DOT permits, PA DEP permitting, townships and municipal approvals.

John K. Lott ‘72 (B.S. Horticulture) is President of Bear Mountain Orchards, Inc., a 1,600 acre fruit growing and packing operation.  John is on currently on the board of directors of the Adams County Industrial Development Association, Cherry Industry Administration Board, Knouse Foods Cooperative, and Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Program.  Previously he has served on the board of directors of the Adams County Economic Development Corporation and State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania.  He was President or Chairman of the following:  National Peach Council, Pennsylvania Peach & Nectarine Research Council, Adams County Conservation District, Menallen Township Planning Commission. 

Robert A. Sharrah is the founder and owner of Sharrah Design Group, Inc. of Gettysburg which currently employs nine people, including a Professional Engineer, Registered Landscape Architect, CADD technicians and field survey personnel.  The company’s focus is on land development design, planning and permitting for residential subdivisions, commercial centers and industrial buildings and complexes.  Sharrah attended the Mont Alto Campus from 1973 to 1975 when he graduated with high distinction from the surveying technology surveying technology program.  Sharrah is a life member of the Penn State Alumni Association, the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors, The Maryland Society of Surveyors and the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Hughes asserts that the notion of a “Christian America” by Biblical standards undermines both the integrity of Christian faith and of our nation. His discussions have drawn “heightened if not highly charged responses from audience members during public, yet productive, discourse that followed,” according to a Messiah College press release.

Richard T. Hughes is Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College in Grantham, PA.  Over the course of a 40-year career, he has worked at various intersections of religion and culture in the United States.  He has authored, co-authored, or edited 17 books that deal with several of those intersections:  religion and American self-understanding, religion and higher education, the role of Christian primitivism in American religious history, and the history of American restoration movements in the early Republic.  His most recent books include Myths America Lives By (2003) and Christian American and the Kingdom of God (2009).  In addition to Messiah College, he has taught at Abilene Christian University, Pepperdine University, and Southwest Missouri State University.  He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa.

Benedict has moved on to Univerity Park to finish his degree in forest science but when given the opportunity to designate a $1,000 prize to the department or program of his choice, he chose the Woodsmen Team.

For photos and additional coverage of the Stihl Timbersport series, visit: www.stihltimbersports.com. The Woodsmen Team is a club sport at Penn State Mont Alto.

The School of Nursing received funding through two HRSA grants (Health Resources and Services Administration). One grant has enabled the University to expand its NP program to rural, medically underserved areas; the other will fund tuition and books for select students for their two years of study (program candidates who serve rural communities and enroll full-time will be considered).

Pennsylvania has one of the highest documented health provider shortage areas in the country ranked at 6th highest in the nation according to HRSA. As of September 2009, HRSA designated 1,161 health provider shortage areas for primary care in Pennsylvania; 153 of them are located in counties served by the Mont Alto campus (the grant targets Franklin, Adams, Fulton, Huntington, Juniata and Perry counties). The Commonwealth has begun to address the primary care shortage through Governor Rendell’s 2007 Prescription for Pennsylvania (Rx for PA), and the PA Department of Health’s (DOH) Primary Health Care Practitioner Program which provides educational loan repayment for primary care providers, including NPs, when they are placed in underserved rural and urban areas.

“As healthcare organizations strive to improve quality and provide more cost-effective patient care, NPs will have an integral role,” according to Carranda Barkdoll, coordinator of the nursing program at Mont Alto. “It is exciting to be able to offer area nurses access to a master’s degree program here in Franklin County that will enable them to fill these roles here.”

The NP program is a four-semester master’s level cohort beginning next fall at Penn State Mont Alto; space is limited to six students. It is available to registered nurses (RNs) who hold a bachelor’s degree in nursing. The program will prepare nurses for direct patient care, leadership roles in practice settings, and nursing education.

The Penn State School of Nursing also offers an RN program and a bachelor’s degree program at the Mont Alto campus. For more information, please contact Carranda Barkdoll at 717-749-6205 or by email at cmb207@psu.edu.

 The Cumberland Valley Women's Conference is for women of all ages and from all walks of life in the Cumberland Valley. 

For more information, please visit our Web page at www.ma.psu.edu/2010cvwc. Please join us as we celebrate the women of the Cumberland Valley. If you have questions, concerns, or contributions to make the conference another success, please do not hesitate to contact Alice Royer, conference chair, at 717-749-6234.        

A group of Penn State Mont Alto students who began producing a full-length motion picture last year are now busy each weekend through November 7 with principal photography. The Mont Alto Film Project is a practicum in filmmaking offered over four semesters (two academic years); it is in its second year. The film, described as a mystery with traces of horror, is a low-budget, independent production led entirely by a group of Mont Alto students and their faculty advisor, Dr. Kevin Boon. “The Film Project is an opportunity for students to be directly involved in film production, from conception to completion,” says Boon, who first envisioned the project ten years ago when he realized that advances in technology had drastically reduced the cost of film production. 

Professional actors auditioned and were cast in nine principal roles. Supporting roles and extras are largely held by Mont Alto students. Additionally, two Gettysburg College students were cast in supporting roles; they are Veronica Rosenberger and Riley Park.

Principal Roles
Emma (lead): Katherine Ada Howard of Martinsburg, WV
Ben (lead): Matthew Baldoni of Berryville, VA
John (lead): Johnno Wilson of Washington, DC
Lori: Amanda Kohberger of Effort, PA
Blake: Robert Dorsey of Newark, DE
Steve: Brandon Rice from the Baltimore, MD area
Mitch: Tyler La Marr of Pasadena, MD
Chase: Karl Bittner of Mclean, VA
Owen: Patrick Ackley of Stafford, VA

All nine principals, the supporting cast and extras will gather this Sunday, September 26 for a scene to be shot in The Mill Café at Penn State Mont Alto. The media is invited to attend after 10am; actors are available for interview when not acting. Please contact Kristie Fry at kfry@psu.edu to confirm.

“In a best case scenario,” says Boon, “the end result will be a watchable film suitable for film festivals. In a worst-case scenario, students learn a great deal about the difficulties inherent in producing a full-length film. In either case, students get a hands-on educational experience.” The Mont Alto Film Project is divided into four parts: During the first semester, students decided on a feature film and hashed out creative ideas until they had a workable script. During the second semester, they engaged in pre-production activities, such as location scouting, casting and storyboarding. During the third (current) semester, they are completing principal photography.  During the final semester, they will be involved in post-production activities, such as editing, looping, and sound engineering.

Students in the Mont Alto Film Project are gaining hands-on experience in all elements of filmmaking while earning 12 credits toward their education. 

The Museum of Temporary Art at Penn State Mont Alto announces a new exhibit, "The Willful Road," presented by staff member Staci Grimes. Members of the public are welcomed to view the exhibit which will run September 22 through December 17 weekdays between 7:30am-9pm Monday-Thursday and 7:30am-4pm Fridays; the exhibit is closed weekends and holidays. "The Willful Road" consists of photography that was taken from across the United States largely in the past year. It will be located in the Academic Support Center on the first floor of the General Studies Building on campus.

An Artist's Reception is planned for Wednesday, September 22 from 2-3pm. For additional details, please contact Marla Minnich, coordinator of Learning Support services, at mum30@psu.edu or 717-749-6024.

The blocks were originally designed in 2007 by students at University Park in the first-year art and design studio run by Peter Aeschbacher, assistant professor of architecture. This year's writer's block questions are drawn from contemporary First- and Second-Amendment controversies:

• Is intolerance of the "9/11 mosque" fundamentally un-American?
• Can the right to carry a gun be balanced with public safety?

These are issues with the potential to draw students into a consideration of their personal values and of history's impact on current events, according to a University press release. Mont Alto students will have the opportunity to chalk their observations on three cube-shaped installations that will be set up from 8am-5pm Thursday, September 16 at the lower entrance to the Sci-Tech Building, the Wiestling Student Center plaza, and the patio at the library. 

For more information, contact Penn State Mont Alto Constitution Day coordinators:
Andrea Christopher, director of student affairs, (717) 749-6138,  axc8@psu.edu
Kira Hamman, instructor in mathematics, (717) 749-6029, khh11@psu.edu

To view photos of some of the improvements, click here.

“We’ve realized an increase in students due in part to a 15-percent increase in direct applicants to our campus, students who elect Mont Alto as their first choice when applying to Penn State,” says Chancellor David Gnage. “We are also pleased the University has approved Mont Alto to accept international students.” Thirteen students in the new class enter with perfect grades (4.0 GPA or higher) while the class average is 3.02. The most popular baccalaureate programs this fall include the Division of Undergraduate Studies (undecided), Engineering, Science, and Agricultural Sciences, while associate degree programs in Business, Human Development and Family Studies, and Occupational Therapy have realized increases.

Penn State Mont Alto now offers eight associate degrees and seven bachelor degrees, including its newest Information Systems Technology (IST) baccalaureate program. The previous record incoming class was recorded a year ago with 574 new students; the largest registered student body prior to this fall was recorded in 1999 with 1,315.

The new academic year will commence at Penn State Mont Alto with its Founders Convocation ceremony Saturday at 10am in the Multipurpose Activities Center. Classes begin Monday, August 23. Click here to view a photoshow from Move In Day.

Each Jump Start participant has been paired with a trained peer mentor to support them in their transition to college and help them to better know the campus and its many services. During their extended orientation next week, students will participate in Math and English classroom experiences and other sessions to prepare them for the classroom experience including practical study tips, time management, understanding syllabi, classroom etiquette and professor politics, financial aid, and more.
 
During the academic year, the students will be enrolled in key courses with fellow Jump Start students, meet regularly with their peer mentors and receive individualized academic support with a Learning Specialist. 
 
“The overall goal of the program is to raise their academic preparedness,” says Kendra Wolgast, director of Mont Alto’s Academic Support Center. “We also want to increase the retention rate of our at-risk student population.” The program is funded by University grants.
 
The new academic year will commence at Penn State Mont Alto on Monday, August 23.

Tom Reinsfelder, librarian at Penn State Mont Alto, along with Jill Thompson, librarian of the Geencastle-Antrim School District, and Diane Strock, retired librarian from Waynesboro Area Senior High School, were invited to be part of a panel presentation discussing ways to enhance collaboration between high school and college libraries. Reinsfelder, Thompson and Strock were recognized for their innovative work to enhance library services for "dual enrollment" students, or those students who begin taking college courses as high school juniors or seniors.

They were joined by Megan Oakleaf (Syracuse University), Patricia Owen (Eastwood Schools, Pembervile Ohio), Patti Pfau (Harford Community College, MD), and Kenneth Burhanna (Kent State University) who also stressed the need for collaboration between high schools and colleges in order to provide students with the information literacy skills needed for college success.

The title of the workshop presented by the Community and Junior College Libraries Section of the American Library Association was "Yours, Mine and Ours: Moving Students through the Information Literacy Ladder from High School through Community College to the College/University Level".

Online condolences may be expressed at: www.bowersoxfuneralhome.com and http://www.tributes.com/show/Catherine-Miller-88855247.

The 2010 Martha A. Fisher Award recipients are Dr. Lauraine Hawkins, assistant professor of biology (full-time), and Jennifer Harp, instructor in library studies (adjunct).

Dr. Hawkins’ nomination included the following statement from one of her students, “She is sincerely concerned for her students. Although office hours are posted, Dr. Hawkins makes herself available most of the time. She will spend the amount of time necessary to explain a difficult subject.” Of Jennifer Harp, a student offered, “I am currently taking [a] class on archival management. I find this topic to be somewhat overwhelming and boring at times. [Ms. Harp] breaks down the professional jargon in a way that can be easily understood to someone not in the profession, and [she] does a great job making it more interesting by adding stories from her experiences in the field.”

“The quality and care of our faculty make Penn State Mont Alto a leader in higher education in our four-county region,” said Chancellor Dr. David C. Gnage. “It is a pleasure to recognize Dr. Hawkins and Ms. Harp for their excellence in teaching as noted by their own students.”

Organized by a steering committee headed by Dan Mroz, Mont Alto’s director of IT, the conference’s keynote address will be given by Kevin Morooney, vice provost for IT at University Park. According to the committee, “There are a number of common problems at [the] campuses but also great ideas that conquer those issues. [The conference provides a] platform to share those solutions and showcase best practices so that we all can benefit from and improve IT across the University.”

Mroz added, “The TechPros Conference is unique in that it brings together a target audience that otherwise may not have an opportunity to network and share ideas and innovative solutions they have created within their respective unit.  It also gives professionals from across the University the opportunity to visit campuses they otherwise may never get to see.  There are over 1,200 IT professionals across the University making it a major challenge to find ways to communicate and share ideas effectively.  The TechPros Conference is one avenue we hope can foster new beneficial relationships and ideas that have long-standing affects on the University.”

The conference consists of two specific tracks, one customer facing, customer service and user need focused, and the other technically orientated with a focus on infrastructure and network and system administration. It will be held May 19 and 20 at Penn State Mont Alto. Conference organizers hope this first-ever TechPros Conference will live in perpetuity and travel to a different campus each year.

Dr. Linghao Zhong, Mont Alto’s assistant professor of chemistry and its Faculty Scholar Award recipient, led the processional alongside Chancellor Dr. David C. Gnage. The speaker was campus Advisory Board Member Dr. Kevin H. Mosser, senior vice president of WellSpan Health. He challenged the graduates to give back. “Life is about people. Life is about who you help, and who you touch. At the end of the day, your satisfaction with your career, your memories, and your self worth will be determined by what you give to your community, co-workers, family, friends, and people in need.  Those you serve will give so much back to you, the abundance will astound you.  No investment will ever give you the return you will get from reaching out to other human beings,” he said.

The campus has been graduating students for more than 100 years. The oldest campus in the University system outside of University Park, Mont Alto now offers six bachelor’s degree programs, eight associate degree programs, and the first two years of more than 160 Penn State degrees.

View photos from the Commencement ceremony here.

In addition, the campus instituted a new employee recognition system to honor employees for years of service to the University. Employees received awards for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 40 years of full-time service. Associate Professor of English Richard Kane is currently the campus’ longest tenured employee at Mont Alto with 40 years of employment. He was honored as well  Andrea Christopher, director of student affairs, and Darlene Gilliland, financial aid coordinator, for their 30 years of services each.
 
Caption: (L-R) Renee Borromeo, Deborah Michalsky and Lori Royce hold the personalized parking signs they will get to place wherever they would like on campus for the exclusive right to park there for the next year.

Penn State Mont Alto will host 340 seventh-grade students from Waynesboro Area Middle School as an introduction to collegiate campus life.  Adventures in Learning is sponsored by the Waynesboro Area Business Education Community Foundation (WABEC) in collaboration with the middle school.  The students will visit Penn State May 17-19.

A new group of seventh graders will tour the Mont Alto campus including the residence halls each day. Their visit includes three hands-on learning sessions led by Penn State faculty and will conclude with lunch at The Mill, Mont Alto’s food court. Sessions include Phun with Physics, Physical Therapy, and Wonders of the Human Body. The students will arrive daily at 9:15 am. Sessions begin at 9:30 am, 10:30 am and 12:10 pm.

Members of the media are invited to attend.  Interviews with faculty members and representatives of the WABEC or Waynesboro Area School District can be arranged.

Erica Sexton is graduating with her second bachelor’s degree, this one in human development and family studies. An adult student, Sexton earned her first bachelor’s degree in theatre from Shenandoah University and travelled to perform for more than a year with the Kennedy Center. The McConnellsburg native returned home and enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto pursue a new career. She will graduate as the 2009-2010 campus academic achievement award winner. Sexton has now enrolled in a teacher intern program to become an elementary school teacher through Wilson College.

BJ Bookwalter is graduating with an associate’s degree from our Physical Therapist Assistant program; like all of the graduating students in that program, he is completing clinical work this summer and will officially graduate in August. Bookwalter is a veteran of the United State Marines. After four years of service and a two year break, he enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto to begin his education toward his ultimate goal – to work as a physical therapist at a veterans hospital where he says he would relate well to his future patients. While at Mont Alto, he was called back by the Marines for a year and was deployed to Iraq for seven months. It delayed his completion of the PTA program an extra year. Bookwalter, a Mercersburg native, enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto because “it is close to home and I’ve always been a fan of Penn State.” He was able to apply benefits from the Veteran Administration’s Montgomery G.I. Bill to attend Penn State. Penn State Mont Alto recently announced its participation in the Veterans Administration's new Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Education Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows our campus to partner with the V.A. to extend a higher benefit to veterans.

Tiffany Roddy graduated from Mont Alto with an associate’s degree in forest technology in Spring 2008, went on to University Park to complete a bachelor’s degree in Forest Science, and like many before her, has decided to return to the campus to be recognized at our commencement ceremony. She said, “I started there and really fell in love with the campus. I love how tight-knit everyone is and it is a beautiful campus. [My family and I] would rather spend my graduation day there.” Roddy was selected as the School of Forest Resources outstanding senior for 2010 at University Park. She has been president and treasurer of Xi Sigma Pi and the vice president and treasurer of Penn State Society of American Foresters student chapter. Prior to leaving for University Park, Roddy was president of the Mont Alto forestry club. She is a member of several honors societies including Xi Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta Agricultural Honor Society, and the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Roddy, a native of Windber, Pa., has accepted a job to be a forester with Weyerhaeuser in Oregon.

Penn State Mont Alto has approximately 1200 students. The campus offers six baccalaureate and eight associate degree programs, as well as the first two years of more than 160 Penn State degrees.

The campus' campaign chairman Jim Ingram '79, '83 led the charge sharing that 41 percent of Mont Alto students are the first in their families to go to college, and that those students come from families that make on average $13,000 less than the average family income in the University system. Mont Alto students Elizabeth Strickler and Miranda Kohlenberg shared testimonial, and the Mont Alto Jazz Band, under the direction of instructor Morgan Jenkins, performed to welcome the attendees. The seniors from the University’s Musical Theatre Department at University Park provided the night's featured entertainment.

The For the Future campaign at Mont Alto primarily focuses on student scholarships. All of the money raised by the campus will remain at Mont Alto to support its students and programs. To view a slideshow from the event, please click here.

The Penn State Hershey LifeLion helicopter descended on the campus of Penn State Mont Alto this morning during a trauma-scenario training excercise. The event was made possible by collaboration between the campus and the Pennsylvania Institute of Applied Health Sciences along with the LifeLion helicopter, Blue Ridge Summit Fire, Mont Alto EMS, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, Franklin County EMA and the Mont Alto Fire Department.

Penn State Mont Alto’s freshman forest technology students learned first-hand how to respond to an emergency in the woods. The exercise utilitized iStan, the Penn State Mont Alto nursing department's new mobile human simulation patient. For this exercise, iStan was programmed to react how a real patient might who had sustained a head and neck injury and a deep gash in one of his legs. The "accident" took place in the woods adjacent to the campus.

Click on here to access a photo gallery from the training exercise.

According to Nanadiago, rubber shoes will be donated to the Nike "Reuse-a-Shoe" program to be ground up and turned into new basketball or tennis courts, and clothing and furniture items will be donated to Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Thrift Shop in Chambersburg.

Penn State Mont Alto is a proud Blue and White campus that continues to add green to its rich history as an environmentally-conscience member of the community.

Dr. Hissong has been selected to make two oral presentations, “Learning Self Nurturance and Unlearning Patriarchy: A Feminist Poststructural Narrative Inquiry of Rural Mothers’ Constantly Shifting Identity” and “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Occupational Therapy.” She will arrive in Chile a few days before the conference to visit a farming region outside of Santiago with a colleague from the University of North Dakota.  They will talk to women farmers about ergonomics and the design of farm tools just for women to use in agricultural production.  In addition, the two will meet with a representative from the Colegio de Terapeutas Ocupacionales to discuss a cooperative online experience between their Chilean students and students at Penn State and University of North Dakota.

Her trip was made possible by funding from four University sources. Dr. Hissong has previously spoken internationally in England and Canada.

Penn State Mont Alto offers an associate degree program in the Occupational Therapy to prepare graduates to be occupational therapy assistants qualified for employment by agencies that provide occupational therapy services. April is recognized as Occupational Therapy Month by the American Occupational Therapy Association.

The planting will take place on the property of the Borough of Waynesboro, east of the Newman Road extension, south of Cold Springs Road in Adams County, Hamiltonban Township (Coordinates: 39.8337 & -77.45535). The borough has supported the planting project and paid for a 2.5-acre deer fence to enclose the trees to be planted on an 8’ by 8’ plot.

The seeds are the most advanced material (B3F3 cross) from TACF (see here for more information). According to Dave Armstrong from the Pennsylvania Chapter of TACF, this could be the first test site for the most advanced TACF material. If the F3 testing prove to be acceptable, the Waynesboro Watershed site could be converted into a seed orchard and provide reforestation seed for Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Forest Technology Instructor Craig Houghton says, "This exciting project, a partnership between several organizations, will hopefully be one of the last steps in bringing the American chestnut back to the forests of Pennsylvania and the Appalachian region from Mississippi to Maine and into Canada."

Additionally, Penn State Mont Alto students will share testimonials and the Penn State Mont Alto Jazz Band will perform.  The For the Future campaign at Mont Alto will primarily focus on student scholarships. All of the money raised by the campus will remain at Mont Alto to support its students and programs. The celebration will begin at 6 p.m. in the Multipurpose Activities Center on campus. Tickets are available for $40 per person by calling the Penn State Mont Alto development office at 717.749.6110.

View video of our internationally-acclaimed featured performers at http://wow.psu.edu.

Members of the media are welcome to attend. Please contact Kristie Fry for a press pass at 717.749.6112 or kfry@psu.edu.

The SGA Senate, in conjunction with its Resident Advisors and Residence Hall Council, will host a talent show to benefit earthquake relief efforts in Chile on Wednesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. in the General Studies Building Auditorium (Room 105). All proceeds will benefit American Red Cross relief efforts in Chile. The event will feature several student-performed acts including the Mont Alto Jazz Band and other outstanding performers. Admission is $1 and there will be door prizes as well as a raffle for the grand prize.

In addition, the SGA is conducting a campus-wide relief effort for Haiti by selling wristbands for $2 each with 100% of proceeds going to the Shoes to Share organization. The red-colored wristbands read "PSUMA + Care = Haiti." The SGA will sell the wristbands through May 1st; they will have a table will be set up on the sidewalk outside of the Science Techology building on Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. SGA President Tim Stroman urged in a campus-wide email, "Every penny makes a difference. On behalf of SGA we would very much appreciate your help in any way, shape or form."

Penn State Mont Alto’s freshman forest technology students and the paramedic students from the Pennsylvania Institute of Applied Health Sciences will gain hands-on training responding to a trauma scenario in the woods adjacent to the campus. In addition, Penn State Mont Alto’s nursing faculty will facilitate the use of iStan in the exercise; he is the department’s new mobile human simulation patient.

Members of the media are welcome to attend. Please contact Kristie Fry at 717.749.6112 or kfry@psu.edu for details and location.

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4/19/2010--Penn State Mont Alto's Woodsmen Team member Tim Benedict won a saw-off to capture the title at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Challenge on Saturday. The event was part of the Stihl Timbersports Collegiate Series sponsored by Carhartt. It was held at the Pennsylvania College of Technology in Williamsport, Pa.

Benedict was selected by Mont Alto to go chop-for-chop and saw-for-saw in the four professional disciplines of the single buck, standing block chop, stock saw and underhand chop. He faced off against Daniel Jones from Haywood as the two dominated the competition. As his prize, Benedict earned a $1,000 scholarship from Stihl for his school and advanced to its Collegiate Championship to be held this summer. The 2010 Collegiate Series will be televised on ESPNU later this year.

Penn State Mont Alto's Woodsmen placed second in the team competition behind Haywood Community College, Clyde, N.C. The competition hosted teams from Allegany College of Maryland, Cumberland, Md., Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Clifton Forge, Va., Haywood Community College, Clyde, N.C., Montgomery Community College, Troy, N.C., Penn State Mont Alto, and Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, Pa.

For photos and complete event coverage, please visit ESPN's timbersports Web page here.

Environmental Science

1st Place: Soils & How They Affect Tree Plantings - Josiah Knopsnider
2nd Place: Marcellus Shale - Severin Thierwechter
3rd Place: Robin Hood on the Road - Joe Brenner, Rick Dahal, Jonathan Hsieh, Bradley Lloyd

Humanities / Social Sciences

1st Place: Teaching Multiplication Through Literature - Gillian Colley
2st Place: Is Universal Health Care a Good Fit for the U.S?  -  Valerie Turner
3rd Place: The Effects of Divorce on Children - Christine Faulent

Science / Technology

1st Place: Education Workshop Piloted for Clients with Diabetes Type 2 - Eileen Hissong
2nd Place: Childhood Obesity - Hannah Hess
3rd Place: The Truth About RSV - Micah Jones

Art Show

Best of Show
Eliza Shoop, Blue October

1st Place
Bobby Laughman, Buck Skull

1st Place for 3D art
Jack Handshaw, Untitled work in porcelain

2nd Place
Katherine Kay Marshall, The Balloonist

3rd Place
Eliza Shoop, Taking the Plunge

Honorable Mention
Benjamin Wilt,  Into the Unknown
Katherine Kay Marshall, Joshua Bell
Anja Nace, Bloom
Gladys Cooper,  Serenity
Adam Eisentrout, Suspiria

Below: Amanda Kwizera explains her poster titled "Pro-Anan: Promotion for Anorexia" to Chancellor Dr. David Gnage.

Below: Alex Lamoreaux shares his poster presentation titled "Comparison and Analysis of Two Nearby Hawk Migration Sites in Pennsylvania" to geography instructor George Siehl.

Below: Maggie Gustafson presents her poster project "Clinical Effects of Physical Therapy of Colorectal Cancer" to a judge as teammate Nicole Becker, at right, looks on.

Below: William Yeager smiles as faculty judges Thomas Glumac, in blue, and Craig Houghton view his work. Yeager presented "The History of Mont Alto in Photographs."

For complete coverage of the Fifth Annual Academic Festival, please click here.

The goal of the program is to introduce local families to pediatric health and safety and to community resources available to them in this region.   “It provides our students practical, hands-on opportunities for learning,” says Carranda Barkdoll, the coordinator of nursing program at Penn State Mont Alto. “And we are excited to again offer this free service to the community.” 

Popular activities returning from previous years’ events include the visit by the Nittany Lion and the Teddy Bear Clinic, and exploration of Penn State’s Life Lion helicopter, ambulances and fire engines. Children of all ages can visit Crackers the Clown, be in the Kazoo Parade, see horses, parachutes, puppet shows, and more.  The event will also help children and families to learn about childhood obesity, firearm safety, allergies, asthma, poison control, and there will be free eye, weight, height screenings and dental evaluations.   There will also be gifts, toys, smoke detectors, gift cards and door prizes.

Penn State Mont Alto student participants as well as their faculty advisors are available to interview.  Please contact Kristie Fry at 717-749-6112 or by email at kfry@psu.edu to schedule an interview.

About 75 students participated, and together they raised $150. All proceeds from the event will be given to the American Red Cross for Haiti relief. Seventeen Mont Alto students modeled in the fashion show. Its theme was "Decades" and within each decade (the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s), four different scenes were portrayed: Blue and White, Rep Your City, Sexy and Sophisticated, and Spring Break. The clothes and accessories for the female models were donated for the evening by Maurices of the Chambersburg Mall and the Gettysburg Outlets.

In addition to the fashion show, the Penn State Mont Alto Dance team performed and a walk-off competition got the audience involved. This event displayed just one way Penn State Mont Alto students continue a tradition of service above self.

Employers and business leaders who have committed to participate to date include:
• NHS Human Services of Franklin and Fulton County
• Bill Boltz, Senior Group Leader, Target in Chambersburg
• Cornell Abraxas (South Mountain, PA)
• Cumberland Valley Tree (Chambersburg)
• Edward Jones (Chambersburg)
• Physical Therapy, Etc. (Chambersburg)
• Bill Happel (Past Vice President of General Motors)
• HCR ManorCare (Chambersburg)

This program will be valuable for students from every academic discipline. For more information, please contact Summer Irvin, career services coordinator, at 717-749-6104 or sdm211@psu.edu.

Specifically, this degree program focuses on building an understanding of core information technologies and related areas of study; helps students prepare for the practical application of various information sciences and related technologies; and engages students in sharpening their abilities to think critically and work in teams. All this will be done with considerable interdisciplinary integration in order to expose students to the cognitive, social, institutional, and global environments of IST. Team projects in most courses, a required internship, and a senior capstone experience provide additional, focused venues for involving students in the cutting-edge issues and technologies of the field.

“We are pleased to add the IST baccalaureate program to our relevant and growing educational offerings,” says Mont Alto Chancellor Dr. David C. Gnage. “The Security and Risk Analysis minor is offered with express purpose to prepare graduates for the ever-growing and universal concerns about network security and identity theft.”

IST graduates work in many industries—manufacturing, health care, business and finance, education, aerospace, biotechnology, government, to name just a few—as systems analysts, dot.com managers, enterprise resource managers, consultants, e-commerce specialists, virtual supply chain managers, and more.

Penn State Mont Alto now offers six bachelor's degree programs, eight associate degrees and the first two years of most of the 160+ Penn State degrees. We are Penn State, right here in Franklin County.

He retired from Penn State as Professor Emeritus in 1988 after 41 years of service to the University. His obituary in the Centre Daily Times may be viewed here. 

Assistant Director of Academic Affairs, Dr. Michael Doncheski, has accepted the position of interim director. In addition, Dr. Al Mueller, will assume Doncheski’s regular responsibilities for the interim. Their biographies may be viewed at http://www.ma.psu.edu/aspnet/directory.aspx.

“Penn State Mont Alto is fortunate to have many  talented leaders who are willing to step up and help when called upon,” says Chancellor Dr. David C. Gnage. “We are grateful for the leadership of Drs. Achampong, Doncheski and Mueller, and the many talented faculty who serve our students.”

Our multi-talented chancellor featured his “Old Grandpappy’s Pickle Burgers” and his “Chancellorized Stuffed Shells.” A steady flow of customers and positive reviews overheard by several students signaled a successful event.

 
About the Mont Alto Film Project: The Mont Alto Film Project at Penn State Mont Alto is a practicum in filmmaking offered over four semesters (two academic years). “The Film Project is an opportunity for students to be directly involved in film production, from conception to completion,” says Professor Kevin Boon, who first envisioned the project nine years ago when he realized that advances in technology had drastically reduced the cost of film production. 
 
The goal of the project is for students to produce a full-length feature film. “In a best case scenario,” noted Boon, “the end result will be a watchable film suitable for film festivals. In a worst-case scenario, students learn a great deal about the difficulties inherent in producing a full-length film. In either case, students get a hands-on educational experience.” Boon says he knows of no other college or university that provides this type of opportunity to students. “It’s the fact that the students get to make a full-length film of their own design that is unique,” says Boon.
 
Twelve students are currently enrolled in the project including freshmen, as well as non-freshmen across the campus’ varied majors. Every student in the practicum will earn 12 credits by the time they finish, some of which can be counted toward filling general education requirements.
 
The Mont Alto Film Project is divided into four parts: During the first semester, students decided on a feature film over a documentary and hashed out creative ideas to create a workable script. Their film’s working title is Two Days Back and it is being called a mystery with traces of horror. The students are currently engaged in pre-production activities, such as location scouting, casting and storyboarding. During the third semester (fall 2010), they will complete principle photography, and the final semester (spring 2011) will shift their focus to post-production activities, such as editing, looping, and sound engineering.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Kristie Fry, 717-749-6112, kfry@psu.edu

AUDITION CONTACTS:
Adam Eisentrout, aee5056@psu.edu
Jessica Koerth, jmk587@psu.edu

Penn State Mont Alto sent two students and more than 20 supporters to the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, affectionately referred to as THON, at University Park over the weekend.  The Mont Alto THON group raised a total of $14,659 with half of it ($7,325) given by Chambersburg community members via collection cans at area businesses and to students canning on foot in the community. THON 2010 raised a total of $7,838,054.36.

The Mont Alto students—Jennifer Stremmel from Hanover and Joseph Price from Elk Ridge, MD—began dancing at 6 p.m. Friday and were required to remain on their feet for 46 hours. THON is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world and had raised more than $61 Million for The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children's Hospital to fight against childhood cancer prior to the weekend event. 

The Mont Alto participants were sponsored by the Potomac Valley Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, APEX at Mont Alto and the Penn State Mont Alto bookstore. Quincy Panthers Midget Football contributed a $2500 donation. Additionally, Penn State Mont Alto will host the Franklin County Chapter’s ‘Dinner and Beer Sampling’ and Silent Auction event on March 12 with proceeds going to THON.

Mont Alto students collected community donations on four weekends between October and January at Starbucks and Walmart on Lincoln Way and at Gander Mountain at the Chambersburg Mall. “We are thankful for the outpouring of support from individuals in our community,” commented Michele Coletta, Mont Alto’s campus nurse and THON advisor.

For additional THON details, visit www.thon.org. 

The students—Jennifer Stremmel from Hanover (Soph.) and Joseph Price from Elk Ridge, MD (Soph.)—will begin dancing at 6 pm Friday and must remain on their feet for 46 hours. THON is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world and has raised more than $61 Million for The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children's Hospital to fight against childhood cancer.  

The Mont Alto participants are sponsored by the Potomac Valley Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association. Additionally, Penn State Mont Alto will host the Franklin County Chapter’s ‘Dinner and Beer Sampling’ and Silent Auction event on March 12 with proceeds going to THON.

Mont Alto students collected community donations on four weekends between October and January at Starbucks and Walmart on Lincoln Way and at Gander Mountain at the Chambersburg Mall. “We are thankful for the outpouring of support from individuals in our community,” commented Michele Coletta, Mont Alto’s campus nurse and THON advisor.

THON may be viewed live via webcast during the event at www.thon.org. 

In 1972, a small group of dedicated Penn State students held their first Dance Marathon. That year, 34 dancers participated and raised $2,000. Since then, THON’s presence in the Penn State community has grown exponentially. THON now has 15,000 student volunteers, 700 dancers, and has raised more than $61 million, benefiting The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Children’s Hospital.  Visit www.thon.org for more information. 

Dr. Kligman was internationally renowned as the inventor of Retina-A, the “anti-wrinkle cream.” He was a resident physician, a research dermatologist and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Kligman attended Penn State Mont Alto in 1936 as a forestry student. In 1998, he and his wife Dr. Lorraine Kligman gave a cash gift of $500,000 to the campus endowing two scholarships, the Albert and Lorraine Kligman Endowed Scholarship for Returning Students and the Albert and Lorraine Kligman Endowed Scholarship in Nursing.  A philanthropist and one of the campus’ most faithful supporters, Dr. Kligman once told the campus it was not a matter of philanthropy but that he considered he was “just paying off debts.” 

Dr. Kligman spent his childhood in Philadelphia. When his family did not have money to send him to college, Kligman wrote a letter to then Campus Director Dean Cope asking if there was any way he could attend Penn State Mont Alto. Cope offered him a job in the dining hall waiting on tables in return for his tuition, room and board. He went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in botany from Penn State and a Ph.D. in Botany and an MD both from the University of Pennsylvania.

“Dr. Kligman’s contributions to the world with his creation of Retin-A are immense,” said Chancellor Dr. David Gnage, “and his contribution to Penn State Mont Alto through two scholarships he established with his wife are immeasurable as they afford current and future students the opportunity to follow in his success.”

Penn State Mont Alto is mourning the passing of Robert H. Rumler, a former chairman and long-time member of the Penn State Mont Alto Advisory Board. He passed away at his home on January 11, 2010.

“I feel very fortunate to have known Bob over the past eight years,” says Chancellor David C. Gnage. “My life has been personally enriched by the advice and counsel he has provided during my tenure at Mont Alto.”  Gnage and former Penn State Mont Alto CEO Corrine Caldwell agree Bob has made a very positive impact on the development of the campus. “Bob has left an indelible legacy on Penn State Mont Alto,” says Gnage. “We will miss him.”

A 1936 graduate of Penn State's College of Agriculture, Rumler devoted the majority of his career to guiding the destiny of the Holstein Association in Battleboro, Vermont. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus by Penn State in 1978, and he was honored as a Distinguished Fellow by the campus in 2004 during its 100-year anniversary celebration.

Memorial contributions may be made in Bob Rumler’s honor to support a student scholarship at Penn State Mont Alto. Please contact Deb Creager at 717-749-6110 for further details.

Penn State Mont Alto’s Nursing department is launching the New Year by taking education on the road in a 32-foot Winnebago. Not your ordinary recreational vehicle, the new Mobile Simulation Laboratory (Mobile Sim Lab) is a state-of-the-art learning facility on wheels.  It is equipped with iStan (by METi). He is the most advanced mobile human patient simulator available. iStan is a high-fidelity mannequin, meaning that he moves, breathes, lives and dies realistically to give students as close to a human experience as they can get. He also affords students the opportunity to learn and to correct mistakes without causing harm to a real patient.

The campus’s Nursing department applied for and received a grant for innovation from Penn State in Fall 2008, and renovations begun. New carpet, reupholstered furnishings, a new lab space built where there was once a bedroom, custom interior and exterior wall wrappings, special lighting and custom audio/visual equipment were installed.

WellSpan Health has partially unwritten the Mobile Sim Lab with a generous corporate donation. It was first launched into the community in November with a Continuing Education course for local paramedics.  Penn State Mont Alto’s Nursing department has identified main priorities for the lab including education with simulation for its Nursing students, continuing education delivered directly to healthcare providers, recruitment, and community outreach.  “This is where we are going,” says Campus Coordinator of Nursing Carranda Barkdoll. “Simulation is one of the best ways to practically prepare nurses to handle medical situations and provide the highest quality of patient care.”

Barkdoll and Chancellor David Gnage first gained vision for the Mobil Sim Lab in Fall 2008 when Mary Unger, the mother of Nursing faculty member Elisa Kendall, offered her RV to the campus for educational use in honor of her late husband Robert. “We had an epiphany,” says Barkdoll.”  At the time, there were no other mobile simulation labs in the state of Pennsylvania.

“The Mobile Sim Lab provides an excellent nursing tool for our students, engages us more in the community, and makes us more attractive to nursing students,” said Chancellor Gnage. “We look forward to seeing where it takes us.” Barkdoll added, “The possibilities are many. Our only limitation is time.”

To register or for more information, contact Penn State Mont Alto Cheerleading Coach Christina Yoder at (717) 830-1223 or christinayoder@comcast.net.