Donald R. Nibert's Wildlife Management class undertook its annual controlled burn on state game lands near Penn College's Earth Science Center on Wednesday, improving habitat for wildlife by killing invasive woody plants in designated grassland areas. It also provides practical experience for eventual control of wildfires and assists students in obtaining PA 135 firefighting license.
By Juli Reppert, Student Writer/Photographer Motivational speaker Dan Davis will present "B.A.M. It's Your Choice," a program about drug and alcohol abuse, at Pennsylvania College of Technology on April 6.
Chef John D. Folse, a worldwide ambassador for Cajun and Creole cooking, will return to Pennsylvania College of Technology to prepare the Distinguished Visiting Chef Series dinner on Saturday, April 9. The dinner, which costs $125 per guest, will begin at 7 p.m. at the College's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. Net proceeds will be used for annual scholarship awards and endowed scholarship funds.
The Gallery at Penn College on the main campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology will host "cuba . . . on the street," a collection of photographs by Rolfe Ross, from April 1-29. The gallery will offer viewing hours from 6 to 8 p.m. April 1 in conjunction with Williamsport's First Friday event.
The Northern Tier Business Adventure hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro has been postponed until April 2006. The NTBA, a four-day residential program for freshman and sophomore high-school students from the Northern Tier, provides an exciting opportunity for participants to learn about the world of business and possible careers in the region.
TRiO Student Support Services is proud to bring nationally recognized speaker Michael Poll to campus Wednesday, March 30, for a presentation titled "Create Your Own Destiny, Because Nobody Else Will!" (The event originally was scheduled for Feb.
A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Landscape/Nursery Technology and Floral Design/Interior Plantscape majors recently competed in a variety of horticulture and landscaping events during "Student Career Days," held at the University of Maryland.
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were among the top individual finishers at the annual Heavy Equipment Rodeo, held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood as part of the College's Spring Visitation Day on March 19.
Girls in seventh and eighth grades will spend Saturday, April 2, at Pennsylvania College of Technology, where they will learn through hands-on activities the importance of science and mathematics during the College's next session of Science and Math Applications in Real-World Technologies for Girls (SMART Girls).
Earlier this month, the Collision Repair Department of Penn College's School of Transportation Technology hosted the 2005 I-CAR (Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair) Northeast Regional Meeting. The northeast region is comprised of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and West Virginia.
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