Events Articles

Career Services hosted a "tailgate" party on the Bush Campus Center patio on Tuesday, the first of three workshops designed to prepare students for next week's Career Fair. Complimentary burgers, chips and soda were served to more than 300 students, along with free advice on resume-preparation, networking and interviewing.

Depression Awareness Week, in which a variety of worthwhile activities will be held in hopes of erasing the stigma about asking for help, will be held on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus from Oct. 17-21.

Physician assistant students at Pennsylvania College of Technology celebrated Physician Assistant Day on campus Oct. 6 by spreading awareness of their chosen profession and sharing "PA Day" treats with the college community.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold an Open House on Sunday, Oct. 24, offering prospective students, their families and friends an opportunity to explore academic programs, student life, and the college's campus and facilities. The event will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A beautiful fall weekend provided the backdrop for four days of campus activities geared to alumni and current students alike, from fireworks and reunions to sporting events and a visit from a reality-TV personality, as Pennsylvania College of Technology observed Homecoming 2010.

The healthful benefits of outdoor recreation will be shared by Dennis F. Ringling, a forestry professor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, during the Fall 2010 Madigan Library Forum. The free, public forum, "Let Nature Nurture Your Health," will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, in the second-floor reading loft. Light refreshments will be served.

Winners of this year's "Homecoming Stage X-"Building the Future" door-decorating contest have been announced from among thenine offices and departments that participated across campus. The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies won first prize and a large cookie donated by Dining Services.

An open discussion about the recent increase in suicides among gay students will be held at Pennsylvania College of Technology in conjunction with National Coming Out Day on Monday, Oct. 11. With a message of "Stop the Violence, End the Silence!

On Oct. 23, Pennsylvania College of Technology's SMART Girls will host 10th- and, for the first time, 11th-grade girls to encourage an ongoing interest in science and math. The college's Science and Math Applications in Real-World Technologies (SMART Girls) project was developed to counter the distressing tendency of girls to sidestep math and sciences as they enter adolescence.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host artist-in-residence Antonio Puri on campus Oct. 17-22. The gallery will exhibit his work, in a collection titled "I Am," Oct. 7 to Nov. 7.