Events Articles

Outfitted for derring-do on the high seas (and brandishing handmade hooks), Dining Services employees strike a less-than-menacing pose outside the Capitol Eatery. From left are Patti E. Durrwachter, James F. Glenn, Aaron M. Silfies, Noelle B. Bloom, Lee R. Whittingon Sr. and Krystal S. Zelazny.

Intramural assistant Wyatt J. Decker, a business administration: marketing concentration major from Dushore, wrings out a shirt after the preliminary soak. Colleagues on the volleyball court, Lady Wildcats also team up to tie-dye. Employing squirt bottles – a change over past years' method of dunking garments into buckets of pink – participants douse their T-shirts with color.

International flags on display in Madigan Library Nearly 50 flags from around the world – including 18 countries from which Penn College students, faculty and staff originate – are hanging in the Madigan Library in observance of the United Nations' International Day of Peace. Flags from the U.N.

Campus "hackers and crackers" are encouraged to attend a virtual conference with Kevin Jones, who leads the engineering team at Thycotic Software Ltd., a Washington, D.C.-based company that provides password and Active Directory group management solutions to information technology administrators worldwide. The presentation will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

On Saturday, Oct. 19, the Community Arts Center will once again showcase several of the area's finest musicians in the second annual Downtown Billtown Music Festival.  From 4 to 10:30 p.m., gifted local talent will provide 40-minute sets highlighting a variety of musical genres and artistic presentations.

"Color Wars" combatants arm themselves. Multicolored mano-a-mano Puffs of powder send a rainbow cloud over the battlefield of play. On and on ...

Artist Christopher Olszewski A compelling piece connects words – "Death," "Violence," "Power," "Fear" and "Conflict" – to images of the artist and a buffalo coin. Treats for the eye and palate greet guests to The Gallery at Penn College. Seniors in residential construction technology and management, Keith F. Fischer, right, and Matthew C.

Pets join in the fun at Lawn Fest 2013. Pleasant weather ... and pleasant company A student answers the Ironman's triumphant flex ... ... while others show their obvious amusement at friends exploring the inflatable obstacle course. DJ Dan Honovic The Community Assistants of off-campus housing held Lawn Fest 2013 outside The Madigan Library over the weekend, serving up free food, games and fun.

The fifth annual Greater Lycoming Out of the Darkness Walk for suicide prevention will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22, in Montoursville's Indian Park. The walk will be a 5K (3.1 miles) and the proceeds raised by walkers will go toward American Foundation for Suicide Prevention research and education programs.

Student acts are invited to take part in "Penn College Star," billed as the biggest talent show to ever hit campus, when it begins later this month. The competition – sponsored by Student Activities, the Residence Life Office and the Off-Campus Housing Organization – is a series of three shows, culminating in a Klump Academic Center Auditorium finale with $500 in prizes.