Neeka Filippi, a 2013 Penn State Beaver graduate, has been named the campus' 2025 Outstanding Alumni of the Year. Pictured from left are Regional Chancellor Carey McDougall, Filippi, Alumni Relations and Stewardship Officer Erika Jones, Director of Campus Development Andrew DiPietrantonio.
Mari Pierce, interim regional director of academic affairs and former program coordinator of the criminal justice program at Penn State Beaver, began a collaboration with the Beaver County Courts to provide students with internships.
Shaniah Miller, a wildlife technician with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, kneels next to a safely tranquilized black bear on which she has placed a GPS collar. Miller is a 2022 graduate of Penn State Beaver, and her work with the bears will help the game commission better understand the movements of bears in the state and how many bears are harvested. The work of tranquilizing and collaring the bears does not harm them.
In celebration of Constitution Day on Sept. 17, the Robert E. Eiche Library at Penn State Altoona has created a display with a period costume, a replica of George Washington’s copy of the Acts of Congress — which includes the Constitution and Bill of Rights — a copy of Thomas Paine’s "Common Sense" and a magazine from the era discussing the creation of the Constitution.
