Events Articles

A cross-section of landlords, city officials, student leaders and Pennsylvania College of Technology staff recently held the first in a proposed series of annual summits, brainstorming an issue of mutual importance: how to reduce the likelihood of off-campus apartment fires caused by carelessness or criminality. The Feb. 20 meeting was chaired by J.

By Juli Reppert, student writer/photographer The second of three presentations in the "My Last Words" series at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be offered March 21, when David L.

A regional computer fair for an estimated 150 middle- and high-school students, sponsored by Intermediate Unit 17, is being held this week at Penn College. Students compete in categories including Web-page design, desktop publishing, graphic design and development of a computer-fair logo.

By Juli Reppert, student writer/photographer March is Women's History Month, and Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering free events and performances throughout the month for the college community and the public. The events will begin March 14 with a musical performance by Julie Stenstrom in CC Commons on the first floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Eighteen Penn College students and 18 students from area secondary schools competed in a welding contest held in the college's Metal Trades Center on March 1. The contest was conducted by the Central Pennsylvania Section of the American Welding Society.

Visitation Day, an opportunity for prospective students, their families and friends to learn more about Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be held Saturday, April 1.Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State, committed to applied technology education.

The black-and-white photography of Stephanie L. Fetter, an advertising art major from Mill Hall, will be featured this month in the Collegetown Gallery at Rock Station (357 Pine St.). The Collegetown Gallery is designed to introduce talented young visual-art students from local colleges to Greater Williamsport and the local art world.

Penn College's first Mardi Gras float took home the $200 prize in this year's parade through downtown Williamsport. The honor was announced Wednesday night by K. Dex Tuttle, assistant director of programmingfor Student Activities, who, along with Residence Life coordinatorAshley A. Smith, spearheaded the float project.

Visiting Chef Walter Staib spent time with students on campus Feb. 23-25, during which they prepared an elegant Visiting Chef Dinner that was served on Saturday. Staib owns City Tavern in Philadelphia, a reconstructed version of the tavern in which members of the First Continental Congress met informally. Funds from the dinner are used to support scholarships.

The second annual "Catch Me If You Can" Allyson Wilgar-Jones Memorial 5K Walk/Run is scheduled for April 8 on the campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology. The race is organized by nursing faculty at Penn College in honor of Wilgar-Jones, a colleague who died in 2004 after a brief battle with cancer.