Events Articles

Mere days before the 100th anniversary of World War I's end, a visiting associate professor of European history at Notre Dame transcended the numbers normally used in assessing casualties ... talking instead of the emotional upshot and psychological toll that lend deeper understanding to the staggering loss.

Mark A. Ciavarella, associate professor of business administration/management, teaches high school students about the steps of writing a business plan during an Entrepreneurship Challenge event at the college. A team from Bradford Area School District develops a business plan for an ice cream shop. Students from Berwick Area School District hash out their target audience and sales territory.

'tis the season for painting pumpkins Giant Jenga requires dexterity and a keen eye to dislodge just the right block ... ... which isn't always "the right block!" Free candy: A sweet incentive for a serious cause Community Peer Educator Alexis J. Medero lofts a beanbag toward its target.

Residence hall and off-campus teams competed in a weeklong series of challenges – dodgeball, a Mario Kart tournament, pumpkin carving, Quizzo and bowling – during the recent "Hall-o-Wars" competition. – Photos by J.J. Boettcher and Rachel A. Eirmann, student photographers  

Students queue up for creepy, cobwebbed cuisine. Come closer ... if you dare. Jessica L. Cavanaugh, a substitute Dining Services employee, serves up ribs to the passing parade of patrons. The Lewistown resident is a health information management student at the college. Make no bones about it: Capitol Eatery has food to die for!

The Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology is aiding college students, prospective students and families in completing the 2019-20 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The college is hosting free FAFSA completion sessions on its main campus for staff to assist with the online application.

The legendary Art Garfunkel, among the Community Arts Center's opening acts in 1993, is returning to headline the venue's 25th Anniversary season. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. March 13. Hailed by The New York Times as a “beautiful countertenor,” Garfunkel has made an indelible mark on the music world as both a solo artist and half of Simon and Garfunkel.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will feature battles of ingenuity later this month when it hosts SWORD Fall Fights 2018. Approximately 50 combat robots will “fight” in the double-elimination tournament that is open to the public. Trophies and gift certificates will be awarded to the top three finishers in the 1- and 3-pound weight classes.

"In this town we call home, everybody hail to the pumpkin song," say the lyrics in a modern-day film favorite, and Penn College students surely welcomed Halloween with a pair of juxtaposed traditions: kid-friendly hours for trick-or-treating at The Village Apartments on Wednesday, balanced by the following night's shudder-inducing attraction of the ever-expanding "Arc Asylum" haunted welding labor

Alumna Kierstin G. Steer caters to the tastebuds with a variety of tempting items. Terrariums, dish gardens and airplants were among the offerings from the green thumb of Dining Services' Vicki K. Killian. Adipocere Soap, specializing in vegan products that go beyond its name, is represented by Madigan Library's April N. Line (left). Alyssa L.