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| Penn State Altoona opens Downtown Conference Center | ||||||
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Penn State Altoona launched a Downtown Conference Center in September with a weeklong open house and tours for the public. Located in the former Playhouse Theater on 12th Avenue, the Downtown Conference Center is designed as a multi-use facility, offering credit and noncredit courses, professional development opportunities, satellite downlink capabilities, brown-bag luncheon programs for the community, Saturday children’s programming and more. The center also is available for use as a conference facility and may be rented for meetings, conferences and community forums. Credit certificate programs in business management, criminal justice, customer relations, and children, youth and family services are planned for fall semester, as well as senior self-improvement courses, senior computer classes and free lunchtime personal enrichment courses for the community. Penn State Altoona’s continuing education and training office is managing the facility and will be responsible for delivering various forms of programs for at least the next two years in this location as part of a lease agreement with the Altoona Blair County Development Corp. Renovations to the facility include the addition of four classrooms, new sound and video capabilities for the existing theatre area and an elevator to bring the facility into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A large focus of the courses offered will be geared to the adult learner population, which will allow adult learners to take certificate programs, then complete their associate or baccalaureate degree at Penn State Altoona. For more information on Downtown Conference Center course offerings, call Teryl Shields at (814) 942-4780. | |||||
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