Events Articles

Informative displays on African-American history and important events are available throughout the month in the Bush Campus Center and Madigan Library. At left, Martin D. Denault, vice president of internal relations for the Student Government Association, views an exhibit in the CC. At right, shelftop arrays educate library patrons. ( Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer)

More than 200 students from Penn College and Lycoming College attended Saturday's second Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball at the Acacia Club in downtown Williamsport. The free event was sponsored by both colleges, and shuttle transportation was offered to provide students with safe passage to and from the semiformal dance. Photos by students Megan Pennington and Mary Jo Nonnemacher

The Gallery at Penn College will host a digital photo stitching workshop with one of this semester's featured gallery artists, Gary Mesa-Gaido, on Feb. 16. Mesa-Gaido, professor of art at Moorehead (Ky.) State University, will teach participants to digitally stitch a series of photographs together to create a cohesive, panoramic image. See attached file for details:

A session to help families understand how to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, sponsored by the Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, on the college's main campus in Williamsport. The instructional session will begin at 10 a.m.

Wednesday's Bloodmobile, part of the Red Cross' "Consider Yourself Asked" campaign, was the most successful in Penn College history. Caring faculty, staff and students showed the true giving nature of those on campus, said Carl L. Shaner, Student Health Services director.

A health fair, part of Healthy Weight Week on campus, was held Wednesday outside the Susquehanna Room. At left, Anthony G. Tierno, a building construction technology major from Green Brook, N.J., checks out nutrition information and free healthy-eating samples at one of the displays. ( Photo by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer)

"Planes of Aspiration," an exhibit of paintings by Maureen Drdak, will be displayed through Feb. 12 in the Gallery at Penn College (Madigan Library, third floor). An opening reception and an artist's talk were held Tuesday. Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 2-8 p.m.; and Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

The Student Government Association hosted a "Meet and Greet" in the CC TV Lounge on Monday afternoon, a casual opportunity for members of the campus community to learn about SGA's purpose, accomplishments and goals. ( Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer )

"Martin Luther King Jr.: The Man and the Dream" was shown in the Campus Center throughout Monday in observance of the national holiday commemorating the slain civil-rights leader's birth. Student Bill Haines here watches the video, among campus tributes that included WPTC-FM's broadcast of King's stirring oratory. ( Photo by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer )

Alain Nu, mentalist and star of "The Mysterious World of Alain Nu" on TLC, stopped by the Susquehanna Room on Friday afternoon to interact with students prior to his 8 p.m.show in the ACC Auditorium. Unleashing a repertoire of mind-bending teasers on his dining-hall audience, Nu deftly performed card tricks and used mental power to twist a metal spoon. ( Photos by Stephanie A.