Spring 2009 Open House
The Penn College community welcomed prospective students, their families and friends to an informative and enjoyable Open House on Saturday, March 28. With mild temperatures under a peekaboo sun, students and employees guided visitors through tours and in enlightening presentations, helped them navigate financial aid and celebrate campus life, and shared the very best that Pennsylvania's premier technical college can offer.
– Photos by Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist,
and Kenneth L. Barto, student photographer
Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour welcomes Open House visitors from the stage of the ACC Auditorium.
Balloons lend a splash of Wildcat blue to the day's proceedings.
As personable as they are knowledgeable, Student Ambassadors (such as Dean A. Dietrich pictured here) led campus tours throughout the event.
Carolyn R. Strickland, associate vice president for academic services, conducts a heavily attended information session in the ACC Auditorium.
Suzanne T. Stopper, vice president for business affairs/controller, walks a mother and son through their Open House itinerary.
Douglas T. Byerly, director of athletics, talks with a family outside the Field House.
Todd W. Leister, coordinator of admissions electronic services/admissions representative, assists guests in the SASC.
Admissions representative Salvatore Vitko, center, welcomes guests to the ACC.
Visitors check out the display of Nick Johnson photographs in The Gallery at Penn College.
Student Ambassador Bradley S. Jackson, noting the high points along his campus-tour route.
President Gilmour tries her hand at "spin art" at the PC Alliance table in the CC.
Jim Cunningham, vice president for information technology, helps a family get started.
Gamma Epsilon Tau staffed a table in the ATHS and provided tours of instructional areas in graphic communications.
Interactive learning tools were displayed in the Physician Assistant Center.
Brian D. Walton, Student Government Association president, offers some peer-to-peer guidance.
Wildcat coaches were stationed in the Field House, available to prospects interested in intercollegiate athletics.
Instructional laboratories, including this one in the School of Construction and Design Technologies, left an impression on inquisitive visitors.
Health and fitness specialist Kristi L. Hammaker greets visitors to the Fitness Center.
Admissions representative Philip G. Berry provides valuable information during one of three ACC overviews.
Max E. Ameigh, instructor of advertising arts, in the ceramics lab.
Free sessions in the BWD provided information and inspiration for adults interested in a job-skill tuneup.
WPTC, "the best in college radio," broadcasts live from the CC
Penn's Inn was the site for this "Meet the Dean" session in construction and design technologies.
President Gilmour shows visitors their destination on a campus map.
The Alumni Relations Office provided hospitality outside the LEC.
An electronics student attracts an interested audience inside the BWD.
David Kay, director of human resources-compensation and benefits, staffs an information table in the CC.
With the Madigan Library as a colorful backdrop, a tour group stops outside the SASC with Student Ambassador Janelle C. Klitsch.
Penn College's growing Greek Life community was represented outside the Susquehanna Room.
The beautiful and well-appointed Victorian House easily entices Open House visitors.
This informational session about on- and off-campus housing was held in the SASC Presentation Room.
Three "Choosing a Major" sessions were held during the morning in Penn's Inn, helping attendees decide on a course of study.
The Residence Hall Association's commitment to campus recycling was reflected in its "Green Team" display.