Events Articles

More than 500 new Penn College students started the day Saturday with the "Safari Breakfast" event. Students were served breakfast in the Susquehanna Room, then were invited to visit the BTC hallway, which had been transformed into a jungle/safari environment.

Drop/Add and Late Registration were held Monday in the Student and Administrative Services Center. During those periods, academic school offices were on hand in the Student and Administrative Services Center to answer questions from registered students processing schedule changes via the Web.

The Association for Avionics Education will hold its 2005 conference at Pennsylvania College of Technology from Oct. 27-28. "The AAE conference is the only forum where those who teach avionics and related subjects can communicate, publish and present," noted Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics at Penn College.

A total of 190 students have petitioned to graduate in August from Pennsylvania College of Technology, which will hold a Summer Commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The student speaker will be Tim D. Case of Williamsport, who will receive an associate's degree in paramedic technology.

The president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics addressed primary- and secondary-school instructors on Monday at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Francis "Skip" Fennell was the keynote speaker for the Pennsylvania Governor's Institute for Mathematics Educators, which will continue on campus through Friday.

The Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools will hold its 2005 annual meeting at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center next month, combining business with tours of the college's campuses and attractions throughout "Penn's Woods." The council, which represents schools offering two-year forest technology majors, will convene here from Aug. 3-6.

School of Hospitality students and "You're the Chef" production coordinators Jennifer R. McHenry of Lock Haven (far left) and Christine L. Faherty of Wantage, N.J., joined Chef Paul E. Mach at the Williamsport Outdoor Grower's Market on Saturday for a cooking demonstration.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its fifth annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 10-13. Fifty girls are expected to participate in the residential program, which is for young women entering ninth and 10th grades. July 1 is the registration deadline.

"You're the Chef" production coordinators Christine L. Faherty and Jennifer R. McHenry, both pursuing degrees in culinary arts technology and dietary manager technology, demonstrated a few healthy cooking tips that cut the calorie count for a "You're the Chef" recipe in half.

On June 20, two Pennsylvania College of Technology students will help to educate the region about healthy eating options as part of the Million Pound Meltdown, an initiative to encourage every overweight person to seize control of his or her health.