Events Articles

Prospective students seeking hands-on education leading to excellent career opportunities may visit Pennsylvania College of Technology on Saturday, March 24, for Open House. The activity-filled event offers visitors an opportunity to explore diverse academic programs, student life, and campus facilities and services. Open House will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

About 60 architecture students from The Pennsylvania State University made their annual journey to Penn College on Wednesday, their first since the Construction Masonry Building was dedicated last year.

On March 17, Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve as a host site for the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's annual Sealant Saturday initiative.

On March 2, the public is invited to view intricately decorated, multitiered cakes created by Pennsylvania College of Technology's baking and pastry arts students. "Butterflies" is the theme for the cakes, which will be displayed as part of a contest developed for the students by an industry leader in the world of wedding cakes. Students have spent about eight weeks of class time on their cakes.

Tickets are available for this year's Murder Mystery Dinner "Big Lies in the Big Easy" set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in the Mountain Laurel Room of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Thompson Professional Development Center. Prices are $15 for students and $19 for faculty and staff; the event is sponsored by the School of Hospitality's catering class and the Student Activities Office.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Wildcat Events Board's Create-a-Gift event returned to the Bush Campus Center lobby Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. The annual activity gives students the opportunity to stuff plush bears at $6 for one or $10 for two as presents for a "special someone" or other. Photos by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer

A lineup of comedy, music and commemorative cuisine will be offered as Pennsylvania College of Technology hosts several activities for the campus community and the public in observance of Black History Month. Comedian Seaton Smith will open the "Icons & Legends" celebration with a free appearance in the college's Klump Academic Center auditorium at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11. Clyde I.

A new round of weekly ComiXnite programs, a continuation of a grant-funded series that debuted last fall, will be held throughout February at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library. "The 2012 program promises to deliver innovative presenters and creative, experiential learning," said librarian Judy J. Zebrowski, one of the coordinators for ComiXnite.

The men's and women's basketball teams kicked off Healthy Heart Month with a "Red Out" in Bardo Gymnasium on Tuesday night. Both teams wore red shoelaces and other apparel to support the cause, and members of the dance team wore red ribbons in their hair. At halftime of the women's game, intramural assistant Jeremy R.

The Student Activities Office continued its popular Short Course program Tuesday night with a sushi-making event. Twenty-five students participated in the program, led by Chef Sam Morgante.