Events Articles

The natural-gas industry in the area, from its little-known past to its economically expansive future, will be discussed by two speakers during a Sept. 29 event at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library.

Preschool, Head Start and child-care teachers from an eight-county area of Central Pennsylvania met in Penn's Inn on Wednesday evening for their annual meeting and a workshop with K.J. Reimensnyder-Wagner, area musician and songwriter. They were joined by more than 30 Penn College students enrolled in the early childhood education major.

Penn College, along with PennDOT, the Community Traffic Safety Project and The PA DUI Association, cosponsored a campus visit by the association's Safety SIMulator on Wednesday. The safe-drivingtool part of Alcohol Awareness Week at the college replicates varioushighway situations, including aggressive driving and driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's three-day Parent and Family Weekend provided a full menu of fun activities, hands-on educational workshops, tours of the college's historic hometown and a trip to the wild blue yonder. — Photos by Michael S. Fischer and Jessica L. Tobias, student photographers; and Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist Ruth R.

Hoping to deter alcohol abuse by students, Pennsylvania College of Technology has scheduled a weeklong series of activities to spotlight a problem that affects college campuses everywhere. Alcohol Awareness Week will run from Sept. 14-17 at Penn College,as health professionals marshal campus and community resources to provide the following events: Monday, Sept.

Members of The Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees and the Corporation for Penn State visited Pennsylvania College of Technology on Sept. 10.

Students in the School of Business and Computer Technologies' four-year information technology: web applications development major and its two-year information technology: web applications technology major recently attended an informative get-together in Penn's Inn. Held by Pat Coulter and Denise S.

Nearly 2,000 fans enjoyed a late-summer night's sojourn to Williamsport's historic Bowman Field, where not even an 8-1 Crosscutters' loss to the State College Spikes squelched the "Pack the Park Night" celebration.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will prepare free samples of dishes made with fresh, local food products at the Williamsport Growers Market on Sept. 12. Students enrolled in a Catering class offered by the college's School of Hospitality will prepare food on-site from 8 a.m.

Comedian Jeff Ross, known as "The Roastmaster General," will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in the Community Arts Center as part of Homecoming 2009 (Oct. 8-11). Student tickets are only $10 and go on sale at the Student Activities Information Desk and the Arts Center Box Office at 10 a.m. Friday.