The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies held a camp for 20 ninth- and 10th-grade students June 11-13. Campers were introduced to a variety of engineering technology careers by providing: information on engineering technology careers, hands-on workshops, tours of engineering facilities and an opportunity to network with current Penn College students and faculty.
The Williamsport Regional Association of Pilots heldits annual drive-in/fly-in at Penn College's Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville on Saturday. WRAP arranged for four speakers to address participants: Bob Miller, a member of the Niagara Frontier Aviation and Space Hall of Fame and an aviation publisher; Jennifer Hotsko, mission coordinator of Angel Flight East; J.J.
The Madigan Library's first Rockhounds exhibit a showcase of local, personal collections of rocks, minerals and fossils from Penn College faculty/staff and students was a success! It merited mention in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette on June 6, and, from 10.30 a.m. until the library closed at 9 p.m. June 10, the exhibit brought in 116 visitors (78 adults and 38 children).
With only an occasional sprinkle despite the threat of thunderstorms, Saturday's 25th annual God, Country and Community Flag March carried the event's biggest crowd ever on a crosstown trek to Penn College's main entrance.
Six students from the chimney-sweep and building trades gathered on campus this week for "Advanced Fireplace Construction," intensive hands-on instruction offered through the Pennsylvania Guild of Professional Chimney Sweeps. This is the eighth year for the guild's PA Masonry School program, which is taught by Glenn R.
The "Bears" and "Birds" from Penn College's Children's Learning Center visited the "Rockhounds" exhibit at Madigan Library on Tuesday. The children returned to the Bush Campus Center full of information about rocks, shark teeth and dinosaur bones. ( Photos by Sonya K. Miller and Regina G. Andes, temporary group leaders, Children's Learning Center)
Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its eighth annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 13-17. Registration is open for up to 40 girls entering ninth and 10th grades.
A geology exhibit eons in the making will be on display June 10 in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library. "Rockhounds: Digging the Ground Beneath Us" will spotlight more than 150 specimens of rocks, minerals and fossils from local personal hobbyists' collections. Hours will be 10:30 a.m.
It was all smiles at the traditional all-college picnic at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, an opportunity for Penn College faculty and staff to unwind at the end of another academic year.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Outreach for K-12 Office, in conjunction with the Community Connect AmeriCorps, hosted a pilot event May 23 to help connect local teens with volunteer opportunities.
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