Thanks to the festive surroundings at Tuesday's Mardi Gras event at Penn's Inn, students were painlessly reminded to be safe and smart in their Spring Break decision-making. The annual event offers the opportunity to blow off steam during midterm week, while providing nonalcoholic beverages and other treats to reinforce healthy choices during the imminent semester getaway.
Congratulations to Brett A. Reasner, assistant dean of natural resources management, and daughter Samantha for winning the One College Club's inaugural Chili Cook-Off at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Tuesday evening. Their winning recipe, Hunter's Chili, was a delectable combination of ground venison and hot Italian sausage with whole peeled tomatoes, black beans and chipotle peppers.
Twenty-six Penn College employees and students, the latest class of Awesome Women Exemplars nominated by their appreciative peers, were recognized Tuesday during an evening reception in the Thompson Professional Development Center's Mountain Laurel Room.
WBRE, the local NBC affiliate, visited Le Jeune Chef Restaurant and the School of Hospitality kitchens Tuesday. Reporter Stef Davis talked with students and staff about the restaurant's focus on organic and locally produced ingredients and how that focus influenced the restaurant's redecoration. The segment aired Tuesday evening.
Laura M. Dickinson, associate professor of English-composition, will be the presenter at Friday's Friends of the James V. Brown Library book-review luncheon.
PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Earl Rutherford, Industrial Technology Consultant/Instructor, effective Feb.
An end-of the monthreminder from the Energy Conservation Subcommittee: Continue participation in the Recyclemania competition through single-stream recycling. Look for the green labels on containers in hallways, offices, some classrooms and on-campus housing. Buying recycled products also helps to keep the cycle of reuse in motion, from handheld articles to clothing.
While the season ended for the Pennsylvania College of Technology men's basketball team after it finished second in the Penn State University Athletic Conference, the college's baseball team is ready to begin. ON THE HORIZON On paper, the baseball team is scheduled to open its season at 2 p.m. Wednesday hosting Baptist Bible College. One look out the window tells a different story, however.
On paper, the Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball team is scheduled to open its season at 2 p.m. Wednesday hosting Baptist Bible College. One look out the window tells a different story, however. "That's just one of the hazards of being in Pennsylvania in February or early March," coach Chris Howard said of the snow.
The well-appointed welding labs of Penn College's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center were the venue for Friday's annual American Welding Society competition involving 20 students from the college's School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies and five each from Columbia Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, SUN Area Technical School and Williamsport Area High School.
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