As winter soon gives way to gardening season, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library offers a timely presentation to help green thumbs differentiate between beneficial and baneful backyard growth. Horticulture instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. will present a free, public forum "Plants: Friend or Foe?" from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the library's second-floor reading loft.
The cast and crew of a theatrical comedy at Pennsylvania College of Technology that was rescheduled from fall are set to entertain the community. "Run for Your Wife," Ray Cooney's farce about a London cab driver who has two lives, two wives and a very precise schedule to keep it all straight! will be presented at 7:30 p.m. March 31 and April 1-2 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
A physician assistant student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was awarded a full scholarship for 2010-11 through the National Health Service Corps. Heather J. Simonson, a junior from Catawissa, was one of 125 students selected from a pool of 65,000 applicants.
Industry employees from far and wide converged in Penn College's Plastics Manufacturing Center on Tuesday and Wednesday, as the Rotational Molding Center of Excellence held its third hands-on workshop. A renowned technical resource, the course blends classroom training with practical experience on top-level machinery in the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has received equipment and software from Honeywell to support the college's bachelor-degree major in building automation technology. Todd S.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center received grant funding from the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corp. to provide training for Global Standards for Plastics Certification at three regional plastics companies. The grant funding totals $169,200 and will provide training and certification to 141 employees at the three plants.
Photo gallery The winners have been announced in an annual cake competition held at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The competition featured students in an advanced cake-decorating class taught by Suzann L. Major, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts.
Twelve Pennsylvania College of Technology students are completing their studies toward an associate degree in early childhood education with practicum experiences at area facilities.
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers compete for national titles in Macon, Ga., this week, while the college's softball and baseball teams are set to begin their seasons at spring training in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Their chosen arena is more Hospitality than Hogwarts, but a baker's dozen of Penn College students proved themselves wizards all the same in designing cakes inspired by the Harry Potter books and movies.
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