Events Articles

An estimated 400 families took part in Parent & Family Weekend, held Friday through Sunday on Penn College's main campus. The Student Activities Office arranged for a number of exciting events such as social activities, entertainment, interactive educational workshops and tours of the Williamsport area.

The Wildcat women's volleyball team thanks everyone who came to its Pink-Out Tie-Dye event Monday night. With the help of Field House staff (including Angel V. Stroud, Lisa J. Worth and Jeremy R. Bottorf), and equipment supplied by Penn College General Services, the rear storage area of the building was transformed into a tie-dye party.

More than 45 Penn College graduates and their guests joined Chef Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, on the Alumni Relations Office's fourth annual bus trip to the Keuka Lake Wineries on Saturday.

Plastics SourceNet will bring together key leaders, stakeholders and supporters of Pennsylvania's plastics industry during its Symposium 2010, scheduled for Oct. 14-15 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The event, "A Decade of New Opportunities," includes two specialized tracks: Sustainability or Industry and University Collaboration.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host Austrian wine expert Andreas Wickhoff on campus Oct. 27 to work with classes in the School of Hospitality and to present "An Austrian Wine and Food Tasting" to the public to benefit the college's international student programs.

The Construction Management Association held its annual Hog Bash on Thursday, serving up a free meal of pulled-pork sandwiches, cole slaw, chips, soda and bottled water to an appreciative Field House assembly. WPTC-FM provided on-air entertainment, and a mechanical bull and ladder golf were among the afternoon's other diversions. Photos by Sarah K. Mariano, student photographer

The annual meeting of the Central Susquehanna Association for the Education of Young Children was held Wednesday in the new Children's Learning Center and Early Childhood Resource Room.

Pamphlets raise awareness Alumna Deborah Erdman discusses alcohol poisoning Comedian to impart serious message Penn College Police conduct mock field sobriety tests Crushed pylon tells the tale of this 'impaired' motorist Informational tables in a number of campus buildings, carrying potentially life-saving educational material, are just part of the Alcohol Awareness Week offerings at Penn Colleg

A free showing of "The End of America," billed as a "chilling indictment of sweeping policy changes" after 9/11, is among this month's scheduled Constitution Week activities at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Based on The New York Times best-seller by Naomi Wolf, the film alleges that the use of paramilitary groups, secret prisons and the targeted suspension of the rule of law places U.S.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held several dedication events over the weekend for its Stage X Building Program. Ceremonies took place Friday in the renovated and expanded Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center and the Parkes Automotive Technology Center (both facilities were open to the public Saturday) and in the science labs of the Hager Lifelong Education Center.