The annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work observance brought nearly two dozen young women and men to Penn College's campuses for a variety of activities Thursday. Tina M. Miller and Danielle M.
Members of a Madigan Library audience learned how to reduce their ecological footprint by supporting local growers' markets, as Chef Michael J. Ditchfield, instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts, presented "Herbivore, Omnivore, Locavore!" a free public forum from 4-5 p.m. Thursday in the library's second-floor reading loft.
Penn College waited five innings to rally, but already was down 11-0 by then in its Thursday night extramural softball game against Lycoming College. On its home field southeast of the Madigan Library, the Penn College squad made it interesting in the sixth but came up short and fell to Lycoming 12-7.
Three commencement ceremonies will be held May 15-16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for the nearly 950 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology at the conclusion of the Spring 2009 semester.
Two Penn College chefs and a culinary arts and systems student were the judges for "Iron Chef Williamsport," Sunday's charity cooking competition between pastors and teams from two Williamsport churches: St. Mark's Lutheran and Pine Street United Methodist. Pictured from left in the accompanying photo are Chef Robert A. Armstrong, sous chef at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant; Chef Michael J.
Industry members with an interest in forest technology benefited from a free one-day seminar sponsored by Penn College and Haglof Inc. at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday. Attendees included Penn College faculty and members of both public and private entities, ranging from foresters and sawmill personnel to salesmen and Pennsylvania Game Commission employees.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students from a variety of organizations provided event support April 18 at the Pennsylvania Odyssey of the Mind state finals, which brought more than 3,000 people to the Williamsport area. Students from Phi Theta Kappa (Benjamin Bollinger, Katie E. Buhrman, Timothy E. Funk, Matthew S. Hyde, Andrew T. Koskie, Marc E. Nelson, Amie L. Rinier, Ernest M.
Knowledgeable forest technology students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center ensured that Wednesday's annual observance of Earth Day wasn't merely a day out of school or just a chance to tromp through the mud for fifth-graders from Elimsport Elementary School. Professor Dennis F.
Artist-in-residence Miguel Tio conducted several workshops this week, including instructionfor children and staff of Penn College's Children's Learning Center and students in the early childhood education major. A small collection of his work is displayed in The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Madigan Library, through Friday.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student recently organized an educational conference for teen parents attending Lycoming County high schools. Julie A. Bair, of Linden, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied human services, organized the conference as part of her senior capstone project.
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