Events Articles

The Center for Business & Workforce Development, dedicated Thursday on the campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology, continues the college's tradition of responding to employers' needs and preparing students to seek the jobs of tomorrow.

The ninth annual Extrusion Seminar and Hands-On Workshop, hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center, was held on the college's main campus July 31-Aug. 2, attracting participants from eight states and Canadian provinces. The seminar was led by Chris Rauwendaal, of Rauwendaal Extrusion Engineering in Auburn, Calif., and Kirk M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony Saturday, Aug. 11, for the 235 students who have petitioned to graduate from the college this month. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. Jared Frederick Finck, Sparta, N.J., will be the student speaker for the ceremony.

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted its seventh annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 15-18. Twenty-five girls participated in the program, which is for young women entering ninth and 10th grades.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, has scheduled nine diverse exhibits for the 2007-08 academic year. With the new season, the gallery introduces the Penn College Proud Showcase and the Current View Artist Series.

Members and guests of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce visited Penn College's newest addition Thursday night: the Center for Business & Workforce Development. The 32,000-square-foot building at 1127 W.

The seventh annual NRM Golf Invitational, held Wednesday at the White Deer Golf Course, raised about $6,000 to fund an endowed scholarship for Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management. Twenty-two foursomes comprised of industry representatives and college faculty/staff competed at the tournament, the final one arranged by Wayne R.

Twenty-two high school students attended Summer Technology Camp on Penn College's campus June 24-27, during which they experienced hands-on workshops in all of the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies laboratories.

"Where Science Meets Art," an exhibit by members of the London-based Society for Art of Imagination, opened to the public in the college gallery, Madigan Library 303, at 11 a.m. June 22.

Forty high school students a capacity crowd attended Health Careers Camp on Penn College's campus June 13-15, during which they attended hands-on workshops in many of the School of Health Science's laboratories. On the last day of the event, they toured Susquehanna Health.