Events Articles

Future chefs, architects, drafters, masons, welders, carpenters, cabinetmakers and other students in technology fields will vie for regional honors and the opportunity to compete at the state level when Pennsylvania College of Technology hosts the SkillsUSA-VICA District 6 Skills Competition on Feb. 15.

Chefs John Folse and Leah Chase, world-renowned authorities on the art of Cajun and Creole cooking, will return to Pennsylvania College of Technology on Dec. 1 for the Distinguished Visiting Chef Series dinner at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.

More than 1,000 students in grades 7-12 from 15 school districts around Pennsylvania will visit Pennsylvania College of Technology on Friday, Oct. 19, to explore a variety of careers ranging from floral design to plastics technology. The "Career Day" event will take place from 9 a.m.

Ira Dubner, owner and chocolatier of the "The Chocolate Studio" in Norristown, will make a Halloween centerpiece and other delectable confections from chocolate in a demonstration to be offered Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A job fair designed specifically to place former workers of the HON Co.'s Williamsport facility in new jobs will be held Friday, July 20, at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The fair, which is being hosted by the HON Co.

PGA Tour veteran Jeff Gallagher will be the featured professional at the15th Annual Spring Golf Classic hosted by the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation on Monday, May 14, at the Williamsport Country Club. The annual fund-raising event for sponsors supports the Scholarship Aid Program for Penn College students, providing $134,500 in scholarships since 1990.

Car enthusiasts will join their motorcycling counterparts this year for a tour through the scenic northcentral Pennsylvania countryside on the Third Annual "Pride Ride" at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Sunday, May 6. What had been a motorcycles-only event to raise money for the Pride Ride Scholarship Fund at Penn College, has been expanded this year to include car entries.

Pennsylvania College of Technology was the site of the recent 2001 National Association for Campus Activities' East Coast Festival, a two-day event attended by some 270 students from more than 50 colleges and universities and more than 100 agents and performers in the college-entertainment field.

Students from more than a dozen schools will test their mettle in a variety of events at the Mid-Atlantic Horticulture/Landscape Field Day, which Pennsylvania College of Technology will host on Saturday, April 7, at its Earth Science Center campus near Allenwood.

Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be able to meet informally with approximately 125 employers participating in "Career Expo" and "Career Fair" events on Thursday, March 22, at the College's main campus in Williamsport and the Earth Science Center near Allenwood. More than 100 firms will have representatives at "Career Expo 2001," scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m.