Events Articles

To encourage students to have a healthy and safe Spring Break, AAA North Penn and a number of campus offices are co-sponsoring "Happy Hour Keep It Happy" from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday in Penn's Inn (CC, second floor). Information regarding alcohol, safe sex, highway safety, safe sun exposure, etc., will be provided in a party atmosphere.

On Sunday, the Office of Residence Life concluded its celebration of African-American History Month with a Soul Fest program in the PDC.

Industry representatives from around the United States and Canada participated in the inaugural Commercial Modular Installation and Site Management Course at Pennsylvania College of Technology, a joint venture of the Factory Built Housing Center at Penn College and the Modular Building Institute, Charlottesville, Va.

The Early Educators presented activities at Cochran Elementary School's "Math and Science Night" on Thursday night, joined by students and faculty from the electronics and plastics programs in the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies. Photos by Barbara J. Albert, program specialist, early childhood education

"In Perfect Harmony: The Concert Series in The Gallery at Penn College" kicked off Sunday with a classicial-guitar performance by Alphonse Ciaccio, a 1993 alumnus of Penn College, who presented the series' inaugural concert in the gallery on the third floor of the college's Madigan Library.

Twenty Penn College students and 15 students from area secondary schools competed at a Feb. 22 welding contest in the college's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center. The contest, conducted by the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Welding Society, was judged by Adam Steppe, of High Steel Industries, and Niles Oehrli, from Moody International.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host a "Farmer-Buyer Networking Event" March 3 in the college's Thompson Professional Development Center. The daylong event is a project of Valleys of the Susquehanna Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign.

Established by a congressional resolution in 1986, National TRIO Day is a day of celebration, reflection and action around increased access to higher education for disadvantaged students: Celebrating the positive impact of federal TRIO programs in our communities throughout the nation, reflecting on the importance of educational opportunity programs in creating a fairer society for all Americans,

Art and music combine in a fitting arena on Feb. 24 with an afternoon of classical guitar music to kick off "In Perfect Harmony: The Concert Series in The Gallery at Penn College." Alphonse Ciaccio, a 1993 alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology, presents the series' inaugural concert in the gallery, on the third floor of the college's Madigan Library, at 2 p.m.

"Public Spaces of Europe," an exhibit of digital photographs by Gary Mesa-Gaido, will be displayed through March 14 in the Gallery at Penn College (Madigan Library, third floor). An opening reception was held Tuesday. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. All exhibits are free and open to the public.