Events Articles

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology student groups hope to raise $10,000 during next month's Walk-It-Out, a mini-Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society. The second annual event sponsored by the Wildcat Events Board, the Residence Hall Association and the Student Government Association will be held at noon Saturday, April 25, on the Madigan Library lawn.

Area residents concerned about where their food is grown and wishing to reduce their ecological footprint can discover the meaning of "locavore" the Oxford American Dictionary's 2007 Word of the Year at a public forum in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library. The free event "Herbivore, Omnivore, Locavore!" will be held from 4-5 p.m.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Transcendence," a collection of photographs by Nick Johnson, from March 17-April 9. Working exclusively with a large-format camera, Johnson's photographs portray manipulated rock and flagstones that resemble abstract landscapes.

Judging for the CalJava International Wedding Cake Competition was held Thursday morning in the PDC. Ten intricate cakes designed for the competition by students in an advanced cake decorating class were displayed the following day, attracting cash votes to determine the People's Choice Award. The funds raised through voting were given to the YWCA's Liberty House.

Penn College hosted Chef Robert Kinkead, chef and owner of Kinkead's: An American Brasserie in Washington, D.C., from Feb. 25-27 as part of its Visiting Chef Series. The series invites accomplished chefs to campus to mentor and work alongside School of Hospitality students over several days, culminating in an elaborate scholarship-benefit dinner in Le Jeune Chef restaurant.

More than 100 people attended the Multicultural Society's third annual Gospel Concert on Saturday in the ACC Auditorium. The club is a student organization designed to promote diversity and cultural awareness on campus and in the community. Each year, the proceeds of the Gospel Concert are donated to a community organization with which club members volunteer their time helping children.

More than50 students turned out Tuesday, Feb. 25, for a "What's The Deal?" forum, a program and discussion facilitated by Penn College's Community Assistants to converse about marijuana use and distribution in the campus and Williamsport communities.

Members of Penn College's athletics teams volunteered Monday at Williamsport's Sheridan Elementary School to participate in the Read Across America Day, nationwide celebration held annually around the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss. The student-athletes read to the children, and Bradley Robinson and Samantha Mills did a "Green Eggs and Ham" readers' theater.

Prospective students along with their families and friends can learn more about Pennsylvania College of Technology and its academic programs, facilities and campus life at an Open House scheduled for Saturday, March 28. The event will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Alina Fernandez, a daughter of Fidel Castro who became a political dissident and eventually fled Cuba, will share her experiences in a program to be offered March 26 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium on the college's main campus.