Events Articles

The Chess Club, one of Penn College's newest student organizations, held its first-ever tournament Saturday in the Bush Campus Center. Ten players competed through five rounds of chess. When the last round was finished at 3 p.m., the tournament had three champions: Solomon Francis, Open Division; Rob Schlenker, Student Division; and Zach Geffre, 16-and-Under Division.

Fine dining and generous goodwill were on the menu at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on April 12, as a complement of Pennsylvania College of Technology "celebrity servers" worked the dining room for donations to the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship. — Photos by Whitnie-rae Mays, student photographer Campus luminaries aiding the cause pause briefly for a group photo. From left, are Brian M.

Tuesday afternoon's Grad Finale in Penn's Inn offered soon-to-be Penn College alumni a convenient locale from which to check off their commencement "to-do list" all in one day.

Eating Disorder Awareness Week is under way, with a number of relevant events centered around the theme of "Look Beyond the Mirror: Change the way you see yourself, not the way you look." A full schedule of activities, available on the Student Health Services website, focuses on self-acceptance and healthy self-esteem, rather than an obsession with the way one looks to others, which could possibl

Penn College hosted the third annual Welding Educators Summit on April 8. Included in the day's activities and discussions were a tour of the college's renovated welding facilities and an opportunity to ask questions of a panel of Penn College students about the transition from high school to a postsecondary welding program. Student panelists were Nicholas A. Anderson, Paul A. Boehret, Tyler S.

A semester-long project by students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's Advanced Patisserie Operations class culminated Friday morning in a baking and pastry "trade show" in the Hager Lifelong Education Center.

The second annual Walk-It-Out Motorcycle Rally, a charity ride sponsored by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Wildcat Events Board, will be held Saturday, April 30. The rally begins at noon on Hagan Way, near the college's Madigan Library, and follows a 42-mile route a winding trek that includes Collomsville, Elimsport and Muncy before returning to main campus.

Human services students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will present an Assistive Technology Expo on April 29 in the college's Field House. The expo, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature a broad range of services and equipment to assist individuals with disabilities. The displays will focus on mobility, communication and education.

One alumnus drove more than 500 miles (round trip) to volunteer at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Spring Open House and two others ended the day by getting engaged in a campus parking lot. There appears to be a whole lot of love going on at Penn College! Approximately 25 alumni returned to campus to volunteer their time, talent and enthusiasm at Open House, held March 26.

Girls in seventh and eighth grades visited campus Saturday to partake in SMART (Science and Math Applications in Real-World Technologies) Girls activities.