Events Articles

"'Look Beyond the Mirror' Week," Penn College's annual promotion bringing awareness, vital health information and resources to the campus community regarding body image and disordered eating patterns, will be held April 15-19.

Paramedic and nursing students interview a patient actor outside the Keystone Dining Room. Student nurses gather the vital signs of a heart attack patient outside the Fitness Center. A paramedic student sets a defibrillator. Students observe the action in the “emergency room” at Student Health Services after a patient arrives by ambulance.

Soon-to-be-graduate Samuel P. Ferster, of Sunbury (right), served as a mentor to his construction management classmates. Board members of the Students of Musical Development pause for a group photo. Dining room manager Ameila A. Seaton (at far right) and her staff gather with students and their mentors outside Le Jeune Chef. John D.

Visiting students hone their lumber-estimation skills near the ESC sawmill. Tools in hand, a student adds up the clues to identify a tree. Forestry Field Day participants measure one of the countless trees within the ESC's spacious natural surroundings.

Esther Bauer commands the ACC Auditorium stage. A crowded house turns out to hear the Holocaust survivor, pictured with a friend shortly after the allied liberation of the Nazi death camps.

A student talks with Jeff Heverly, of Breon's Inc. in Pleasant Gap, which sells and services motors, pumps, generators and air compressors. Thomas M. Whitehouse (left) and Keith D. Vandegrift, both graduating next month with degrees in residential construction technology and management, show the selfless side of "degrees that work" : both are members of the Independent Fire Co.

Stepping off on its end-of-semester march toward graduation, a period characterized by several of the day's administrative and faculty speakers as a rewarding affirmation of why they chose careers in education, Pennsylvania College of Technology held induction ceremonies for three academic honor societies Saturday.

Adopting the character of his great-grandfather (beneath a photo of the real-life George N. Schuster), Jeff Mahl begins his first-person reminiscence. After donning a period-appropriate coat, Jeff Mahl settles in for a engaging re-enactment of a historical journey. Fresh from a tour of the college's automotive labs, Jeff Mahl shares his favorable impression.

Henna artist Bridget Punsalang Maggie K. Calkins, a pre-physician assistant major from Bloomsburg, is deftly adorned by the instructor. A quick study is Priya B. Patel, a nursing major from Morganville, N.J., applying henna to her friend, Kristen Sweeney.

The great-grandson of George N. Schuster, whose record-setting performance in a 1908 automotive race from New York to Paris remains unmatched more than a century later, will share the epic story with a Pennsylvania College of Technology audience on Tuesday, April 2. “The Great Auto Race” will be presented by Jeff Mahl at 3:30 p.m.