Events Articles

Alexandra N. Brennan, a member of the Penn College soccer and softball teams, talks about the balance between athletics and academics. A dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration major from St. Clair, she was joined in Penn's Inn by Matt J. Blymier, assistant director of athletics/sports information director.

Horticulture alumni returning to Penn College as Field Day judges (from left): Tyler J. Fatzinger (2014), Cory M. Ferreri ('12), Nicholas B. Cramer ('08), Melissa D. Berrier-Cramer ('08), Jeremy L. Thorne ('13), Nicholas D. Foreman ('14), and Joseph D. Plummer ('97). Students in the hardscape competition prepare the base for brick pavers.

Kacie L. Weaver, an applied human services student from Harrisburg, shimmers under the ACC lights. Strikingly making the scene are Glendalis Guadarrama, a nursing major from Avondale, and Wilmer I. Chase, of Lancaster, enrolled in architectural technology. Nursing major Chesnya I. Cherulus, of Elmont, New York, lets loose her inner nerd.

Intimate and unexpected portraits of nature will fill The Gallery at Penn College for its next exhibit, “Sim-Biotic,” running March 17 through April 23. Spotlighting the works of photographer Robin Germany, the exhibition brings together three bodies of work representing the Texas artist’s investigations of the natural world as it reflects and deflects its human neighbors.

G. Patrick Butler, a 2007 computer information systems graduate now working for Amtrak in Philadelphia, recounts what attracted him to Penn College in the first place: the people, the personal interaction and the positive attitude of a clerk in the Wildcat Express convenience store. Sara H.

Daniel J. Doyle Proposals will be accepted until May 4 from faculty, staff and retirees interested in being considered as presenters for the Daniel J. Doyle Technology & Society Colloquia Series, opening in the Fall 2015 semester. Following the success of last year's Centennial Colloquia, President Davie Jane Gilmour announced that the ongoing series would be dedicated in honor of Daniel J.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty teamed with community volunteers on March 21 to treat 56 children as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association’s statewide Sealant Saturday initiative.

In his first visit since taking office in January, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf toured the Energy Technology Education Center on Wednesday in support of postsecondary education that meets the needs of regional and statewide employers. “Our citizens must have access to the education and training that jobs require, particularly as we continue to grow our energy industry,” he said.

Debra M. Miller, vice president for institutional advancement, talks with William Knecht, who, along with his wife, supports the Marie E. Knecht Scholarship. President Davie Jane Gilmour thanks Virginia Thompson, treasurer of the Williamsport Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, which reached Heritage Society status on the Donor Wall.

The final activities of Penn College's illustrious Centennial observance – the filling, sealing and installation of an institutional snapshot from that 2014 celebration – took place this week in a first-floor corner of Madigan Library. Various historical and commemorative items were loaded into the time capsule on Thursday, and the contents were sealed with argon gas the following day.