Outreach for K-12 and the Penn College Admissions Office hosted the College and Career Readiness Conference on Wednesday for 71 teachers, counselors and secondary school administrators.
The Penn College Construction Association and The College Store took home top honors among student organizations and campus offices, respectively, as the winners of the college's holiday card-decorating contest were announced in the traditional lighting ceremony Wednesday night.
Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education recently completed a library-enhancement project at the Montour County Prison. The CACCE members worked to collect, organize and redistribute a variety of new, high-quality textbooks that were donated by the faculty, staff and students of Penn College.
David S. Richards, associate professor of physics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently completed his doctoral studies at The Pennsylvania State University. Richards earned a doctorate in instructional systems from Penn State.
On Friday, Nov. 12, Penn College's Accounting Society took an educational trip to the Yuengling Brewing Co. in Pottsville. "We began with a tour of the facilities; it was a great tour," said Shannon Killian, society president, who also provided the group photo at left. "We learned about how the company got started and how they survived Prohibition.
A total of $2,420 was collected in several one-day fundraisers to benefit the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship Fund , which honors a dental hygiene student who died in a June 4 car accident. On behalf of the student body, the Student Government Association thanks all Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty, staff and students for their support toward thisworthy cause.
Thirty-nine boxes, 100 canvases, 54 students, an artist-in-residence, and Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty and staff members combined to create a large-scale work of art that was installed recently in the college's Student and Administrative Services Center.
The recent donation of a mini excavator will benefit a variety of academic majors within Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management. Jon Hume, the Case New Holland product specialist who arranged for the donation, delivered a 2007 E27B mini excavator and an Isuzu engine to the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood.
With their preseason games behind them, the men's and women's basketball teams at Pennsylvania College of Technology are set to step into Penn State University Athletic Conference action Wednesday at home against Penn State Hazleton. The women (2-3 overall) play at 6 p.m. and the men (1-4) at 8 p.m.
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