Students from nine high schools and/or career and technical schools competed in 14 events - HVAC, plumbing, technical drafting, welding, masonry, precision machining, automated manufacturing, residential wiring, commercial baking, culinary arts, computer maintenance, carpentry, basic health care and nurse assisting - during Friday's SkillsUSA District 6 competition at Penn College.
Mystery Fyre, one of five bands to take part Members of the Students of Musical Development campus organization, a co-sponsor of the event, perform. An evening's entertainment benefits a worthwhile cause. Student groups hold fundraisers in the Field House "food court." WinterFest bathes the Field House in atmospheric lighting.
The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Madigan Library, will host “Sanctuary,” a collection of photographs by Timothy McCoy, from Feb. 7 to March 7. “‘Sanctuary’ embodies hope and refuge in response to fear and loss – here seen through the lens of time,” McCoy says of the collection.
Through action Sunday, Pennsylvania College of Technology winter sports teams had a combined record of four wins and three losses during the week. Last Monday’s scheduled home basketball games against Penn State Scranton were postponed due to weather until Feb. 10.
Camaraderie beyond the classroom At left, Daniel W. Yoas, among the supportive faculty members on hand, and Taylor R. Lapointe, an information technology: information assurance and security concentration major from Pelham, N.H. and Resident Assistant for the living-learning community Thumbs-up for the chow-down Faculty member Lisa R. Bock joins in the fun.
Seniors open others' eyes to job potential in construction management. In their ongoing efforts to attract students to Penn College's four-year construction management major, seniors Benjamin J. Stover (left) and David S. Price attended the ACE Mentor Program’s College Fair held Tuesday afternoon at the John Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia.
Emily C. Bigger, of Trout Run, is the first among a series of graphic design students to exhibit their art/photography work at the Community Arts Center on First Friday. She is showing selected photographs from the Fine Art Photography course in the arts center's Collegetown Gallery, 220 W. Fourth St.
The Hudock Moyer Wealth Resources Scholarship has been established as a building-to-endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Robert M. Fischer gathers at midcourt with his wife, Mary Ann (left), and son, Zack (center), along with representative members of their "extended family" at Penn College. Cody E.
Jonathan M. Probst, a residential construction technology and management major from Allison Park, has been chosen as January’s Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Jonathan M. Probst A Senior Resident Assistant in Campus View Apartments and a part-time student clerk in the Residence Life Office, Probst is also a member of the Penn College Construction Association.
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