Penn College's Phi Mu Delta fraternity worked with the Favors Forward Foundation in co-sponsoring a Thursday back-to-school shopping trip with three elementary-age youngsters at Walmart in Montoursville.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences will host a 5K Walk/Run on Oct. 8 as part of the college's Homecoming festivities. Net proceeds from the race will support the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund, which benefits the school's students. Fundraising efforts for the scholarship are coordinated by School of Health Sciences faculty and staff.
Three Sikorsky helicopters have arrived at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Lumley Aviation Center, where the aircraft will provide students with years of hands-on training opportunities. The first to be delivered shrouded like a mummy in protective shrinkwrap for its trip from West Palm Beach, Fla. was an S-76A.
The campus community enjoyed a full slate of sports Aug. 30, observing "Opening Day" for fall athletics before celebrating Pennsylvania College of Technology "Pack the Park Night" at Williamsport's historic Bowman Field.
"Animal Instinct," featuring the recent artwork of Cheryl Agulnick Hochberg, formally was opened Tuesday with a heavily attended reception and artist's comments in The Gallery at Penn College. Marked by wit, interactivity and varied media, the exhibit runs through Sept. 28 on the third floor of Madigan Library. The gallery is open 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 2-7 p.m.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus will offer a "Train the Trainer" certificate program developed for adults who are responsible for training staff in their place of work or for individuals seeking trainer positions. Through the noncredit program, inexperienced trainers and seasoned professionals alike can learn interactive ways to reach adult participants.
Nearly 475 employment-hungry students (and one Penn College graduate) crammed into Penn's Inn for a Part-Time Job Fair, sponsored from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday by Career Services' Earn and Learn program. According to Dana R. Suter, coordinator of part-time student employment and career programming, 37 employers were represented at the event, with more than 150 part-time job opportunities available.
A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's surveying technology major performed prior to Saturday's U.S. Championship game at the Little League Baseball World Series. "It was an honor to sing for my country. I could not believe the crowd's applause," said Dylan T. Lackey, of Mountville, serving in the Army National Guard.
The three associate-degree majors offered by the School of Hospitality at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been granted reaccreditation through 2016. The college's baking and pastry arts and culinary arts technology majors were given renewed accreditation by the American Culinary Federation Education Foundation Accrediting Commission.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been selected from among 100 applicants to receive one of only six $5,000 scholarships to be awarded this year by the National Association of Oil and Energy Service Professionals. Joshua J.
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