Events Articles

Three alternative-fuel vehicles made a road trip from University Park to Penn College on Saturday morning as part of the 21st Century Automotive Challenge hosted by Penn State's Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicle Research Laboratory.

Industrious business students at Pennsylvania College of Technology have begun one of the largest food drives in local history, hoping to collect 10,000 nonperishable items at various locations by April 30. Spurred by one of its corporate sponsors the Campbell Soup Co.

The seventh annual Computer Fair for regional middle- and high-school students, sponsored by BlaST Intermediate Unit 17, was held Wednesday and Thursday in Penn's Inn (CC, second floor).

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host artist-in-residence Miguel Tio on campus April 21-24. While on campus, the painter will conduct workshops for children and staff of the college's Children's Learning Center and students in the early childhood education major, as well as free public sessions.

Penn College hosted a reception Tuesday for students, alumni, faculty and staff who have served in the military, an event highlighted by dedication of a college banner displayed at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in Afghanistan at the request of student Robert A. Miller during his service there.

The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public hearing Thursday in Penn College's Thompson Professional Development Center on issues surrounding the potential Marcellus Shale gas reserves. Convened shortly after 10 a.m., the hearing included testimony from panels of local government officials, industry representatives and environmental organizations. In welcoming attendees, state Sen.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Colony of Sigma Nu Fraternity will sponsor a spring car show from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2, on the college's main campus in Williamsport. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Carl Building Technologies Center; directional signs will route participants from the college's Maynard Street entrance.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center will observe the worldwide 39th Annual Earth Day by providing tours of the outdoor natural laboratory in and around the Allenwood-area campus. In what has become an Earth Day tradition, forestry professor Dennis F.

Penn College's Outreach for K-12 Office hosted a Secondary and Postsecondary Welding Educators Summit Monday to discuss a variety of issues in welding education in Pennsylvania.

Students in Free Enterprise, one of Penn College's many community-minded campus organizations, assisted in making Williamsport's second annual Easter Egg Hunt a fun, family event.