Trio Los Claveles, from Rochester, N.Y., entertains dinner patrons. Students line up for tasty dishes "from the kitchen." Naim N. Jabour, assistant professor of architecture, stands ready to discuss an upcoming trip to Spain. Penn College offers a growing number of study abroad programs, from short-term stays to semester-long adventures and internships.
As part of Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend activities, Pennsylvania College of Technology celebrated its new synthetic turf field – “UPMC Field” – and a host of other recent enhancements to its athletic complex, including a new entrance gate, press box and scoreboard.
The fourth annual Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend (Oct. 4-6) provided another exhaustive opportunity for alumni, current students and families to (re)connect.
Energy fuels our everyday lives and flows into our conversations, yet many of us struggle with this complex subject. Topics such as peak oil, carbon dioxide emissions, fracking, renewables, batteries, pipelines and nuclear power are much talked about and debated.
General Services' Gary T. Pandolfi, refrigeration, heating and plumbing mechanic, helps Katherine A. Downes, a graphic design major from Hamburg, as students took turns pouring Wildcat Blue dye into the water outside the ATHS. The deep-blue hue works its way through the fountain's pool, a change that will remain until after the college's Oct. 27 Open House.
Veteran journalist, author and marketer John M. Clor will share his comprehensive insight into the auto industry with the Penn College community during a presentation at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
Throwing caution to the early-autumn breeze, armored contestants prepare to do battle in the Rose Street Courtyard. Savory meat-filled hand pies fleshed out the evening's menu (and those who partook)! The cellphone may be out of place, but this helmeted reveler (Jonah A. Ziegler, an electronics and computer engineering technology student from Pottstown) is decidedly not out of costume.
The Shell Polymers Rotational Molding Center of Excellence was unveiled Sept. 24, and Shell was honored for its generous support for facilities that aid in the instruction of aspiring plastics professionals at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The Penn College commitment to host a memorial blood drive earlier this month with the American Red Cross truly made a difference. At the Sept. 4-5 tribute to Patrick M. Breen – a longtime General Services employee who died in June 2018 – faculty, staff and students registered 184 total donors, collected 168 pints of blood and recruited 65 first-time donors.
SGA President Patrick C. Ferguson (left) welcomes the audience and introduces the candidates: Slaughter (center) and Beiter. Miller asks a question of the two hopefuls ... ... Slaughter, a math teacher and city councilman ... ... and Beiter, a businessman An impressive crowd, on the floor and in the balcony, takes seriously its role in the elective process.
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