Events Articles

The Community Arts Center and Pennsylvania College of Technology invite the community to a free performance of the National Players' stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Arts Center. This is a general admission show, which requires no tickets. Seating will be on a first-come basis; doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has formally dedicated a Veterans' Portico on the main campus, honoring students, alumni, faculty, staff and retirees of the institution who have served in the nation's armed forces.

From Nov. 11 to Dec. 11, The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will host an unlikely alchemy of the natural and mystical worlds as captured in the artwork of Virginia Bradley and Chris Malcomson.

The Early Educators Club at Pennsylvania College of Technology will host a lecture by the education coordinator of a preschool for low-income children in Rwanda. Janet Brown, who helped establish the Cyakabiri School for Young Children in April, will offer a talk that is open to the public at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 in the college's Thompson Professional Development Center.

Everyone knows manners are important, but what if dinner etiquette could jump-start your career? A "Dining for Success" Etiquette Dinner, hosted by Career Services and the Alumni Relations Office and attended by 43 students and 10 mentors was held Tuesday evening at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.

Incorporation of locally grown food into one's diet and the resulting environmental benefit will be detailed Monday, Nov. 14, in a public event hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Activities Office. Guest panelists for a discussion of "Local Food, the World and You" will include C.

Students in human services classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology will combine forces to offer holiday-shopping opportunities that benefit others Nov. 16-18 in the Bush Campus Center.

The role of timber management in maintaining Penn's Woods will be discussed by Eric C. Easton, a forestry instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, during the Fall 2011 Madigan Library Forum. The free public forum, "Timber Now and Then: The History of Timber Management in Pennsylvania," will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the library's second-floor reading loft.

Combining fun, stress relief and seasonal comfort food, the Inter-Fraternity Council sponsored a "Pumpkin Bust" on the Thompson Professional Development Center lawn Tuesday. Team members lobbed pumpkins to one another in a variation on that old standby, the "egg toss," aiming for the greatest distance with the least mess.

About 50 children of Penn College students, employees and alumni attended Wednesday's "Trick-or-Treat Night at The Village," co-sponsored by the Alumni Relations and Residence Life offices.