General Information
Energy Conservation Committee Shares EPA 'Burn Wise' Tips
Nov. 8, 2009 - 3:28 p.m.
During this home-heating season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reminds us to reduce smoke pollution. In doing so – besides keeping warm – we help protect our homes, health and the air we breathe. Use seasoned, dry wood; it's better for the air and for your pocketbook. Darker, untreated wood is more efficient to burn. Clean chimneys (nearly three-fourths go unchecked) increase home safety and emit less corrosive smoke. For more information, visit the EPA's Burn Wise Web site . The remaining green/energy-saving tips for the semester will be brought to you via the Penn College community's Energy Conservation Committee.
Flower Sale Boosts Horticulture Club's 'Relay' Contributions
Nov. 6, 2009 - 10:37 a.m.
The Horticulture Club has donated another $300 to Penn College's Relay for Life team, the fourth consecutive year in which the student organization has contributed to the fight against cancer. Centered in the School of Natural Resources Management and co-advised by horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower and Dennis Fink, assistant professor of horticulture, the group donated $5 from each floral arrangement sold during October's observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “We are happy to be able to support such a good cause," Bower said. "Not only does it help the American Cancer Society, it also benefits the horticulture students in their increased volunteerism and knowledge of floral designs." The latest check brings to $1,375 the club's total support of the college's Relay for Life effort, for which Information Technology Services' Kathy A. Kelsey is coordinator.
Landscape Architecture Students Visit From Penn State
Nov. 5, 2009 - 4:50 p.m.
About 40 students of C. Timothy Baird, associate professor of landscape architecture at The Pennsylvania State University, traveled to Penn College's School of Construction and Design Technologies on Thursday. Rotating among masonry-lab work stations and supervised by skilled Penn College students, the guests received several hours of up-close instruction in a variety of building-stone media. Penn State classes annually travel to main campus; this is the first time in about six years that landscape students made the trip. Richard R. Motter and Glenn R. Luse, instructors of building construction, circulated among the visitors, and a number of industry supporters added to the day's success with contributions of material and insight: Jim Michele and Watsontown Brick Co., who donated paving brick; Al Creswell and Glen-Gery Brick, brick; Shane Kersteder, special mortar; Charlie Wilson, thin-veneer mountain stone; Clay Henry and Cliff Grimes, of Beavertown Block Co., building block; and Tony Mirarchi and Dale Pepper from the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union, who donated time and trowels.
Even in Tough Times, Caterpillar Supports Penn College Students
Nov. 5, 2009 - 11:15 a.m.
The Caterpillar Foundation and its partnering dealerships have joined in a $42,000 donation to Penn College, the majority of which will sponsor students in three majors within the college’s School of Natural Resources Management.
“Despite these challenging economic times, our relationship with Caterpillar Inc. remains strong and productive,” said Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management at the college. “Our dealers continue to share ideas for curriculum development, donate equipment, and provide training and upgrading opportunities to our faculty and employment options to our students.”
Put a Good Book on Your Playlist Today
Nov. 4, 2009 - 1:30 p.m.
The Madigan Library’s new
collection of eAudiobooks
is online all the time, anywhere you are. Chances are, you can access an eAudiobook from where you're sitting right now. You can listen to our eAudiobooks directly from your PC, or load it into an mp3 player and take it with you. It's really that easy. Check out the library's handy
eAudiobooks for Penn College Users’ Guide
to get started today.
Penn College to Offer Transfer Information Sessions
Oct. 30, 2009 - 11:32 a.m.
For students interested in finding out how their college, community college or university credits will transfer to Penn College, the college is offering two Transfer Information Sessions on Friday, Nov. 20. The sessions will be held from 10 a.m.-noon and from 1-3 p.m. in the Student and Administrative Services Center on Penn College’s main campus in Williamsport.
Program Provides Educators With Insight Into Local Business Climate
Oct. 30, 2009 - 10:24 a.m.
Through funding from the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corp., Penn College’s Outreach for K-12 Office has arranged several tours at local businesses for area educators. Three “Educator in the Workplace” events are planned in November and December. The program is part of the Gold Medal Initiative, a continuing effort in the central Pennsylvania region to increase communication between the business and education communities, said Jeannette F. Carter, director of Outreach for K-12.
College Store Announces New Health-Science Partnership
Oct. 30, 2009 - 10:00 a.m.
The College Store has partnered with Rittenhouse Book Distributors Inc., one of the country’s largest health science/medical book distributors, to provide a source for students in Penn College's School of Health Sciences to locate program-specific reference titles and study aids. While The College Store maintains a variety of titles, Rittenhouse provides students access to many more than the store can stock. This service is available through The College Store’s online store. Customers may search and find titles by clicking on the Health Science Reference Materials link on the left side of the page. Orders are placed with and fulfilled directly by Rittenhouse. Please contact The College Store if you have any questions about this service.
More Students Eligible for Manufacturing Scholarship
Oct. 29, 2009 - 9:11 a.m.
A Bucks County company is reaffirming its long-standing relationship with Penn College through a revised scholarship agreement. Bracalente Manufacturing Co. Inc. will continue to provide an annual award of $1,000 to a Penn College student through the Bracalente Manufacturing Scholarship, which was established in 1996. However, the list of majors eligible to apply for the scholarship award has been expanded to cover students who are enrolled full time in the college’s manufacturing engineering technology bachelor-degree major, the automated manufacturing technology and machine tool technology associate-degree majors, and the machinist general certificate. The revised scholarship agreement also adds a selection preference for students who are residents of Bucks, Montgomery or Lehigh counties – in order to benefit students from communities near the company’s facility in Trumbauersville.
Feed Wilma and 'Change' the Future for Penn College Students
Oct. 27, 2009 - 1:15 p.m.
Wilma the Piggy Bank is still at the Student Activities Desk in the Bush Campus Center, and she’s still hungry for your spare change! The Student Government Association is asking the entire Penn College community to help "change" the future through the Feed the Pig project. Please use your spare change to feed Wilma at the Student Activities Desk or when she visits the weekly SGA meetings in Penn’s Inn. A little bit each from a lot of students will go a long way toward helping change the future by providing more scholarship awards! Last year, student fundraising efforts led by SGA – including Feed the Pig, the Homecoming bake sale and a silent auction – added more than $4,500 to the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Fund. The scholarship was created by SGA to encourage student leadership on campus and in the community. The fund already has generated four awards, including a $1,000 scholarship last spring to Justin Ball, a student in the business administration: management concentration bachelor-degree major. The rest of the money raised last year went into an account that will eventually become a permanent source of scholarship awards for Penn College students. Watch for additional opportunities to support the SGA’s efforts to help students succeed!