Events Articles

As the season slowly turns to autumn (with only occasional showers to alter the schedule), largely pleasant weather has allowed a variety of outdoor activities on Penn College's main campus.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and employees are invited to The Gallery at Penn College to view “Victory for a Dime: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War.” The free exhibit can be viewed through Oct. 2 on Mondays 2 to 7 p.m.; Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Fridays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The expansive lawn allows for therapeutic sprawl. Keeping their focus through food, goats pile on at snack time. Sporting a stylish bandanna, a guest works the room. Making the leap ... ... and sticking the landing!

Penn College's first Virtual Part-Time Job Fair, connecting students to a host of resume-building opportunities, will be held from 2:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The event concentrates on helping students locate part-time jobs while they are going to school – as well as internships, seasonal and volunteer work – to gain hands-on experience within their respective fields.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held 15 in-person commencement ceremonies on Aug. 7-9 – two in the morning and three each afternoon – celebrating Spring and Summer 2020 graduates while adhering to state and federal health guidelines.

With support from the National Science Foundation, Pennsylvania College of Technology recently “manufactured” a weeklong educational experience for 13 high school teachers and school counselors from throughout the state.

A new format is in place for the 34th Annual Penn College Foundation Golf Classic – sponsored by Compass Group North America – a fundraising event that has generated more than 700 scholarship awards totaling nearly $900,000 in student support since its inception.

The Penn College women's basketball and soccer teams will host the Wildcat Dash, a virtual 5K run/walk on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as a fundraising initiative for student-athletes. Participants will receive a printable race bib and a T-shirt, and competitive racers can submit their results for a chance at medals and other prizes.

Forty-three pints of blood – 13 from first-time donors – were collected by the American Red Cross during a June 24 visit to Penn's Inn. "The American Red Cross and College Health Services are so grateful to all our partners that continue to stand with us through the evolution of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)," health services director Carl L. Shaner said in an email to donors.

Hundreds of local residents collectively and peacefully added to the national conversation about injustice, race and hateful speech on Friday morning, taking part in a "Walk About It, Be About It" event. The 7.42-mile march traveled from Memorial Park in Williamsport's West End to Montoursville, passing by Penn College to connect with the Susquehanna Riverwalk.