A "Cure the Blues Jazz Fest," among Black History Month activities at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Field House on the college's main campus in Williamsport.
Barbie D. Hoover, instructor of nursing programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently earned a Master of Science in Nursing Education from Walden University. Through her capstone synthesis, she developed a distance education course called Transcultural Nursing in Health Care.
A new Pennsylvania College of Technology associate degree, the latest industry-aware major at an institution that grows "greener" by the day, will prepare students for careers in the renewable energy field. Beginning with the Fall 2010 semester, the college's School of Construction and Design Technologies will offer a two-year degree in renewable energy technologies.
Five Penn College students will be among the volunteers on a Spring Break church trip to help earthquake-stricken Haitians in desperate need of housing. Benaiah K. Tucci, of Ligonier; Anthony P. Grubbs, of Irwin; Zachary D. Zukauckas, of Newville; Brian J. Applebaum, of Huntingdon Valley; and Matthew A.
Penn College baking and pastry arts students will help provide the goodies for the Williamsport Civic Chorus' "Coffee and Dessert" concert to be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at Park Place, 800 W. Fourth St. The concert will feature songs about coffee and desserts, as well as appropriately coffee and wonderful desserts from the collegeand sixother local vendors.
Nearly two dozen students from seven area schools Keystone Central Career and Technology Center, Williamsport Area High School, SUN Area Technical Institute, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational Technical School, Schuylkill Technology Center-South Campus, Lycoming Career and Technology Center, and Northumberland Co. Area Vocational Technical School visited Penn College on Jan.
Author Daryl Davis will discuss his near-incredible interaction with the Ku Klux Klan when he brings his battle against racism to Pennsylvania College of Technology on Monday, Feb. 15.
Ever feel that success is passing you by? For one Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate, it is and it's among the highest tributes she could receive. Traveling to and from her job as a graphic designer with Weis Markets, Trisha (Corey) Herrick gets to see her work on the rear of the grocery chain's trucks rumbling along area roadways.
The learning laboratory for students enrolled in Penn College's dental hygiene majors is accepting new patients from the campus community and general public. Services in the Dental Hygiene Clinic include cleanings, X-rays, sealants and examinations. Examination results and X-rays can be sent to a patient's regular dentist.
Student Health Services will continue to administer free H1N1 vaccine to Penn College students, employees and alumni through the end of February. There have been more than 85,000 cases of influenza-like illness since late August, and it is Student Health Services' goal to get the vaccine to as many people as possible who are at risk of suffering serious complications from the virus.
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