School of STEAM

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Chemistry Honor Society Helps Bring Science to Kids

07/07/2021
The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Chemistry Honor Society teamed up with The Quaint Corner Children's Museum to bring chemistry kits to kids. A $500 grant from the Chemistry Honor Society Gamma Sigma Epsilon National office allowed Saint Francis to donate chemistry supplies for ten chemistry kits distributed to local libraries and institutions in Blair County. These kits allow staff to conduct science experiments for children and showcase basic chemistry lessons during organized activities. The kits were assembled by The Quaint Corner Children's Museum in Altoona. Each kit includes the book " Real

Progress Report on the Home of the Resinski Black Box Theatre

University Communications & Marketing | 06/01/2021
The Connors Family Center for Fine Arts (Home of the Resinski Black Box Theatre) Progress Snapshot JANUARY - MARCH 2018 Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û announces plans to renovate space to construct a black box theatre in memory of Kenny Resinski. IKM Incorporated of Pittsburgh, a highly-regarded architecture and planning firm with extensive experience designing and creating performance venues, is retained as the project’s architectural firm. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û hosts a symposium on the theatre to strategically inform the design, build support and enthusiasm for the project, and assess and identify sources of funding. The Resinski Black

2021 Pennsylvania Statistical Poster Competition Winners

05/18/2021
The Science Outreach Center and Mathematics Department at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Pennsylvania Statistics Poster Competition. The annual state competition is in its twenty-fifth year overall, and is coordinated for the thirteenth year by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û. Cash awards of $96 for first place, $72 for second place, $48 for third place, and $24 for fourth place in each of four grade levels are awarded to the students who submitted winning posters. External financial support is provided by several regional and state professional organizations

Remake Learning Days at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û

05/15/2021
Interactive STEM Activities It is with regret that we announce that the Remake Learning Day scheduled for Saturday, May 15 on the campus of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û has been CANCELLED due to low enrollment. It is completely understandable that these are busy and challenging times for all of us, and we hope to schedule and have other STEM learning events in the future. Thank you to those of you who did register. While this community event is cancelled, any of you individually are welcome to visit campus and join us for part or all of a day. Many of our STEM students and faculty are on campus

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Now Accepting Submissions for New Literary Magazine

05/13/2021
Attention aspiring artists and authors! The English Department at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û is now accepting submissions from high school students for their new online magazine, New Constellations . Students looking to be published in the inaugural issue can submit their work starting May 15th through June 15th, 2021. Submission categories include fiction, flash fiction, micro fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Visual art may also be submitted including photographs sketches, and paintings. To submit your work, visit newconstellationsmag.weebly.com . You may also contact the magazine

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û Announces 2021 Intrepid Award Winners

05/13/2021
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û is proud to announce its 2020-2021 Intrepid Research Grant Award recipients. Congratulations to Oliva Coll Nazarak, Kei-shon Graham, and Scott Riner. For over a decade, $1,000 competitive grants are award annually to students proposing significant academic, creative, or service projects that are firmly grounded in the humanities. The grants are made possible through the generous donations of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û alumni who wish to support interdisciplinary student research, creative or service projects. Olivia (Coll) Nazarak is a Middle School English and Special Education Major who