Penn College senior Greg Solyak (Lititz) was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Division II Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 6. Solyak averaged 23 points in a 2-0 week for the Wildcats. In the win over No. 9 Penn State Wilkes-Barre, he broke the Penn College men's basketball all-time scoring record.
A lunchtime artist's talk and evening reception opened an automotive-inspired exhibit of sculptures and paintings by Jeff Mann that combine environmental and aesthetic sensibilities.
Groups of high schoolers from six states convened in Penn College's College Avenue Labs on Feb. 5 for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge North Central Pennsylvania Regional Qualifier, which tested the students' engineering know-how in a robot-against-robot competition stadium.
A 2008 graduate of Penn College's two-year automotive technology major recently received a Champion Diagnosis Feedback Award from BMW of North America. Mark A. Lowmaster, a technician with Circle BMW in Eatontown, N.J., since 2009, was presented with a $500 gift card at an industry luncheon.
The Loyalsock Little Lady Lancers played an intersquad scrimmage at halftime of Saturday's Penn College women's basketball game against Penn State DuBois. The sixth-grade girls played an enjoyable 10 minutes of basketball in Bardo Gymnasium, with the maroon team winning 8-0.
Sexual Responsibility Week, sponsored by Student Health Services, will be held from Feb. 14-18 at various locations across campus. A complete schedule of events for the week which kicks off next Monday in the lobbies of the Bush Campus Center, Hager Lifelong Education Center and Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center is available online.
In the second day of theUnited States Collegiate Athletic Association Wrestling Championships at Penn State DuBois, the Penn College team took home some hardware with three Wildcat wrestlers earning accolades. Following Friday's dual-meet competition, Saturday's events focused on individual wrestlers.
Penn College's Energy Conservation Subcommittee urges the campus community to continue to support the ongoing efforts of single-stream recycling and the beginning of the college's participation in the RecycleMania competition. Green Tip sheets for single-stream recycling remain available in the first-floor atrium of Madigan Library.
Men's and women's basketball teams, the men's volleyball team and archers all saw action last week for Pennsylvania College of Technology. While it marked the start of the season for archery and volleyball, the basketball players are headed into the final two weeks of their regular seasons.
With 1,430 points, senior Greg Solyak has sealed his place at the top of the Penn College men's basketball all-time leading scorers list. Solyak achieved the honor against Penn State Wilkes-Barre on Thursday night. He only needed 15 points to capture the title; he ended up scoring 18. Alumnus Joe Simon, who graduated last year, previously held the honor with 1,425 points.
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