Events Articles

With a welcome dose of sunshine to brace the crowds against a lingering touch of winter in the air, Penn College's campuses held their Spring 2008 Open House on Saturday, offering visitors a friendly source of information about Pennsylvania's premier technical college, from admissions and financial aid to housing and Food Services to hands-on demonstrations and "Meet the Dean" sessions.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering an Administrative Professionals Day event on Wednesday, April 23, to honor administrative professionals, secretaries and office workers. The program, which will run from 8-9:30 a.m., begins with a breakfast buffet at Le Jeune Chef, the college's fine-dining restaurant. Tracy L.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Penn College IEEE (originally the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.) student branch are hosting the 2008 IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference on April 5.

Almost 100 residents of Rose Street Apartments enjoyed a night of bowling at Faxon Lanes on Wednesday evening. The program, organized by Rose Street Resident Assistant Mike Snyder with the help of the rest of the apartments' RA staff, gave residents the opportunity to unwind and socialize with others from the complex.

A College Town "town meeting" was held Wednesday night in Penn's Inn, offering an opportunity for students to share thoughts about their community and to make recommendations for its future. The meeting was facilitated by Dennis E. Gilbert, a business consultant retained on behalf of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce's College Town initiative, and Jason C.

High school students from Warren County Career Center recently made the three-and-a-half-hour trip to Penn College to participate in the latest Aviation Education Day, the School of Transportation Technology's initiative to rekindle vocational interest in the aviation field.

The Student Activities Office hosted its third "Awesome Women Exemplars" program in observance of Women's History Month on Tuesday night, honoring nearly 50 women from the campus community. Students, faculty and staff were encouraged to nominate any Pennsylvania College of Technology female (faculty, staff or student) they admire.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "The Fool's Journey," an exhibit of etchings by printmaker Brian D. Cohen, from March 29 to April 25. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place Tuesday, April 1, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., with a talk by the artist scheduled at 5:30 p.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will continue its "In Perfect Harmony: The Concert Series in The Gallery at Penn College" with a performance by jazz pianist Arthur Goldstein on March 29. Goldstein will perform in the gallery, on the third floor of the college's Madigan Library, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Approximately 1,000 seventh- to ninth-graders from 15 school districts and one homeschool visited Penn College's campuses Monday to learn about careers through hands-on activities and academic tours. The college's Outreach for K-12 Office organizes Career Day each spring for students in those grades; a similar event for high school students is held in the fall. ( Photos by Jessica L.