A Day for Charitable Concerns – Saturday, April 17
Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus hummed with activity on Saturday, April 17, as runners, walkers, bikers and others combined fun and philanthropy in a variety of activities: A 5K event to benefit scholarships for the School of Health Sciences, and a motorcycle rally and Walk-It-Out event (including a popular pie-in-the-face attraction) to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
— Photos by Sarah K. Mariano, student photographer (unless otherwise noted)
As the rally draws near, motorcycles offer a colorful tableau in a campus parking lot.
Curt E. Vander Vere, assistant professor of mathematics, among the day's riders.
Wildcat Events Board representatives handle on-site registration.
Geared up (and bundled up) for a good cause.
The unblinkingly beautiful "eyes" of a Harley
Ready to roll on a 42-mile morning jaunt
Riders head for Maynard Street via First Street.
Conversation helps pass the time during race registration.
Eventual men's winner Kristopher "K.C." Shaner (a 2000 Penn College graduate in business management) leads the pack.
Walkers and strollers also joined in the fun.
Runners smile through the crispy morning outside the SASC.
Mary Jo Saxe, associate professor of dental hygiene, and son
The School of Health Sciences was well-represented on "Race Day." From left are Sharon K. Waters, dean; Emily B. Miller, lab supervisor, physical fitness specialist; Ron E. Kodish, assistant professor, fitness and lifetime sports/physical fitness; Nathan D. Smyth, assistant dean; Heidi A. Samsel, secretary to the director of nursing; Susan Swank-Caschera, assistant professor, physican assistant; and Paula D. Holmes, clinical director, physician assistant.
Walk-It-Out teams take strides toward a cure.
Alpha Sigma Alpha sisters were among the Walk-It-Out participants. (Photo by Erin Datteri, assistant director of student activities for Greek life)
Civic-minded students from a variety of campus organizations come together for a common goal. (Photo by Erin Datteri)
Students relish the opportunity to serve up "just desserts."
Surgical technology student "Sam" Purcell, of Lewisburg, scores audience approval in her cream-pie attack on Susan L. Shaffer, one of her instructors. (Photo by Erin Datteri)
Elliott Strickland Jr., special assistant for student affairs and student development , cleans the whipped cream from his goggles.
Ward W. Caldwell, special assistant to the president for student affairs, draws a top-down attack.
As his colleagues cringe and grimace in anticipation, Harry W. Hintz Jr., instructor of construction technology, opens wide to accept his frothy fate.
Joseph Loehr, associate professor of English/mass communication, is an easy target from such close range.
Curt E. Vander Vere takes a direct hit.
The “crème de la crème” of good sports
