Penn College News

Keep calm, and winter on!

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Photos by Kimberlee R. Rusczyk, digital marketing manager; Valerie L. Vonada, childcare assistant teacher; and Tiffany L. Tyhanic, childcare teacher

Still-falling flakes enhance the beauty of The Victorian House.

A Thursday morning snowfall delighted some people and surprised many, eliciting joyful squeals from outdoor enthusiasts and groans from anxious motorists ... and a range of reactions in-between.

There can be little dispute, however, that the coating adds a fresh look to Penn College's exquisite landscape and turns playtime at the Dunham Children's Learning Center into particularly frosty fun.

The red wall of The Madigan Library provides a vivid counterpoint to the wintry scene.

A campus commuter wasn't dissuaded by the morning powder, pedaling into a snow-capped bike rack outside the Davie Jane Gilmour Center.

Filled with flora under more hospitable conditions, the PCT feature outside the Bush Campus Center frames a different view in December.

Nature's hand puts the final attractive touch on a truckload of holiday cargo.

Tattletale boot prints and tire tracks disclose some pre-cleanup (and pre-warmup) traffic.

The music of children at play sounds a lot like, "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

A snow angel alights on the CLC play area.

Whatever the season, there's always yardwork to be done.

The center's Birds take to the "bunny slope."