Events Articles

Penn College students, employees and alumni were among the 1,919 fans in the stands for Tuesday’s 14th annual Penn College “Pack the Park Night” at historic Bowman Field.

Student April M. Tucker collects her winnings from a spin of the Williamsport Crosscutters prize wheel. The Physical Fitness Specialist Club, among campus organizations aligned with academic majors, spreads the word about wellness. Students of Musical Development, chosen as the college's Most Improved Organization during the 2012-13 year, provides the entertainment.

From behind a table full of popular snack food, Frito-Lay Inc.'s Rich Clark engages a job-seeker. Among the Penn College representatives available to students was Danielle L. Willits, Dining Services' recruitment and training specialist. A student explores a possible part-time job at Excell Tutoring with Jenna Trowbridge (right) and her mother, 1988 business management alumna Jacqueline K.

Playing Plinko for prizes Students check out intramural possibilities for the semester ahead. The new air-hockey table gets some use in background, while the Root Beer Pong Tournament heats up. Crowned tourney champion is Lee D. Bouton, a building construction technology: masonry concentration major from Stillman Valley, Ill.

Elliott Strickland, chief student affairs officer – with daughter Emma and "Rusty," their Brittany – engages a student at Wednesday's event. A ground-level gathering surrounds "Maggie," an English bulldog owned by Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost (right). Ryan A. Gibson, an aviation technology major from Lansdale, fills his plate.

International flags decorate the Victorian House fence, welcoming visitors. Conversation and sunshine stream onto the Victorian House lawn. Attending to answers in a “human scavenger hunt,” offered to encourage mixing and mingling, are first-year students Kasandra L. Smoyer (left), a nursing major from Spring Mills, and Jessica T. Haynes, of Bethlehem, enrolled in culinary arts technology.

Penn College greeted new and returning students for the start of the Fall 2013 semester during Welcome Weekend, which provided a variety of opportunities for a transition into campus life after a busy summer: moving into on- and off-campus housing, participating in academic and social activities, and being introduced to student leaders, faculty and staff.

Penn College helped open the Little League World Series for the fifth straight year Wednesday, serving a picnic dinner to the 16 teams in competition before accompanying them to the Grand Slam Parade that formed near the main campus' northwestern boundary.

A program/coloring book with original artwork by presenters at this year’s Wildcat Comic Con will be among giveaways to the first 500 people to pre-register for the Sept. 28 event at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held a commencement ceremony Saturday for nearly 250 students who petitioned to graduate following the Summer 2013 semester. The student speaker for the 11 a.m. proceedings in the Community Arts Center was Katherine P.