Events Articles

The 18th annual Toy Train Expo was held Saturday and Sunday at Park Place, and Penn College once again helped make it a success. Among the college's donations to the event, held in conjunction with Williamsport's traditional Victorian Christmas activities, were a pair of computers to run railroad-simulation software. Photo by Mike Cunningham, chief information officer

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Exalting Everyday Elements," a collection of paintings by David Armstrong, from Dec. 2-17. This popular exhibit returns to the gallery for a third year with a new selection of Armstrong's original works.

As part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and as temperatures dropped on their way to midnight Tuesday Penn College students camped out on the pedestrian mall behind the Bush Campus Center.

More than 70 students, faculty, staff and friends gathered Sunday at the Bush Campus Center for the annual student reception. The students presented information about their native countries and fashioned traditional clothing. They also shared national food, music and dancing. The event was coordinated by the Multicultural Society and the International Programs Office.

Penn College students placed second in the annual Heavy Equipment Rodeo held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center during the college's Oct. 26 Open House. The team from Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology took first place; Cayuga-Onondaga (N.Y.) Board of Cooperative Education Services finished third. A total of 59 students competed in five events at the Allenwood campus.

The Community Arts Center offered a dazzling venue for the Governor's Arts Awards on Wednesday, the keystone event in a weeklong cultural celebration throughout the city.

More than 100 student leaders gathered in the Bush Campus Center on Saturday for the sixth annual Student Leadership Conference, the theme of which was personal growth and development. Duane Brown, a facilitator from Collegiate EmPowerment, keynoted the Student Government Association-sponsored conference and stressed to students the importance of leading themselves before they can lead others.

Chef Steve Schimoler, owner and chef of Crop Bistro and Bar in Cleveland, traveled to Penn College's School of Hospitality last week to work with students as they preparedFriday evening'sVisiting Chef Dinner, which raises funds for scholarships. During his stay, Schimoler, who is known for his inventiveness, also offered a lecture to students on "culinology."

With the Governor's Arts Awards just around the corner, a group of students affirmed Penn College's membership in the Greater Williamsport arts community, presenting an energetic production of "tick, tick "¦BOOM!" an autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the creator of "Rent" in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium on Friday and Saturday.