Events Articles

Jeannette F. Carter, director of Outreach for K-12, discusses the opportunities for cooperation between industry and education. Robert A. Roush, of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corp., addresses the Workforce Investment Board's responsiveness to industry needs.

Elliott Strickland, chief student affairs officer (left) – and this year's "guest flipper" – forms a formidable team with Dining Services' Lee R. Whittington Sr. What's the perfect accompaniment to pancakes and ice cream? Fun and friends, of course! Popular event draws a full house J.D. Eicher provides the entertainment.

With SGA President Michael L. Spear and Student Activities' Malinda C. Love to her immediate right, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour shares the glow of the season. Light reflects off a foil cookie sheet on the Early Educators' entry, which won first prize among student organizations. Cookies, cocoa and cookies add to the festivities.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 21, for the nearly 300 students who have petitioned to graduate at the end of the Fall 2013 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual chocolate house auction on Friday, Dec. 6, to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. Eleven chocolate houses, ranging from log cabins and Christmas cottages to reindeer stables and Willy Wonka’s house, will be sold in silent auction at the School of Business & Hospitality’s annual Food Show.

Smiles greet registrants inside the Student and Administrative Services Center. Walkers, runners and – thanks to bells that were handed out at registration – "jinglers" pledge their participation. And they're off! Susquehanna Health's Timothy E. Schoener offers words of encouragement. Shirtless despite the cold, physical fitness specialist major Eric S. Ross, of Orwigsburg, finishes the race.

Buoyed by a strong audience following  – and a final act that incorporated the college mascot – a welding and fabrication engineering technology major rose from a fourth-place finish in the first round of "Penn College Star" to win the $500 top prize among six talented competitors at this week's finals. George W.

Members of the The Diesel Performance Club show commendable concentration and attention to detail amid the hubbub. A pile of paint cans frames Student Activities' Malinda C. Love, assistant director for diversity and cultural life, and Benjamin R. Mix, event assistant. Oversized wooden cards, some colorfully completed and others challengingly blank, fill the bustling General Services warehouse.

The latest vehicle for promoting campus events got a glittery makeover in advance of Wednesday night's finale of the "Penn College Star" competition.

Fitzgerald fans and lovers of literature and history flocked to The Gallery at Penn College for the opening of “The Art and Illustrations of Zelda Fitzgerald” on Thursday, Nov. 14.