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As Penn State Altoona begins dealing with the university’s plan to cut $54 million — 14 percent — from the Commonwealth Campuses’ budget for the fiscal year beginning in mid-2025, it won’t help to start “finger-pointing,” according to the local college’s chancellor. Rather, “we need to be in solution mode,” said Ron Darbeau, after a […]
As Penn State Altoona begins dealing with the university’s plan to cut $54 million — 14 percent — from the Commonwealth Campuses’ budget for the fiscal year beginning in mid-2025, it won’t help to start “finger-pointing,” according to the local college’s chancellor. Rather, “we need to be in solution mode,” said Ron Darbeau, after a […]
Penn State plans to cut $54 million from its Commonwealth Campuses’ budget for the next school year, a 14% decrease with consequences for Penn State Altoona — although the specifics of those consequences aren’t known yet, according to information shared by the university this week. Over the next several months, the vice president in charge […]
Until recently, Penn State Altoona’s Rail Transportation Engineering students have had to go to Curry Rail Services in Hollidaysburg for “lab” classes to work on a non-operational diesel locomotive donated by Norfolk Southern and stored at Curry. Now those students need only walk from their regular classrooms downtown across the pedestrian bridge to the roundhouse […]
The Blair County branch of the NAACP marked its 100 year anniversary at its “Freedom Fighter Gala” last week in Altoona. The activist group said in the future, it’s planning to take a more direct approach in shaping legislation and holding public officials accountable through litigation.