Events Articles

Vendors tempt students up and down the CC hallway. The discriminating palates of students will decide the Question of the Day: Which snack foods will cut it? Thursday morning's annual Wildcat Sampler in the Bush Campus Center gave students a voice in what items may be available for purchase in the near future.

The future recipients of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s “degrees that work” attracted a record number of employers to the school’s Fall Career Fair. Representing all economic sectors, 237 employers – including 19 Fortune 500 companies – recruited students at the event.

Nearly 240 employers offering more than 3,180 jobs or internships came face-to-face with the potential payroll of tomorrow at Tuesday's Fall Career Fair in Penn College's Bardo Gym and Field House. Check out this photo gallery of the interaction among students, alumni and corporate recruiters – which continued Wednesday, when 33 employers were scheduled to interview more than 250 students.

More than 900 high schoolers, hailing from 28 school districts, spent Thursday on campus for the College Transitions Office’s Career Day. Faculty and students from all six of the college’s academic schools and all three campuses spent their Fall Break day off providing close to 50 career-exploration sessions for the visitors, exposing them to dozens of the college’s “degrees that work” offerings.

Famed '80s philosopher Ferris Bueller once cautioned, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Luckily for the Penn College community, student photographers are on hand to attend many of the events that fill the campus calendar throughout the academic year.

Suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States, yet it is preventable. More than 250 participants from throughout Lycoming County are expected for the annual Out of the Darkness Greater Lycoming Walk at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Registration begins at 4 p.m.

Penn College’s Nursing Education Center was the site on Monday for Lycoming County School Nurses Professional Development Day.

Free financial aid information nights will be available for two local schools in November. The sessions are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in room A124 of Williamsport Area High School and Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at South Williamsport Area Junior/Senior High School. Students and parents from both schools may attend either event.

Penn College’s second annual Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend had a little something for everyone – and a whole lotta something for those getting reacquainted with their favorite students and/or former classmates!

Fall Open House at Pennsylvania College of Technology returns Sunday, Oct. 29, with a public invitation to experience a fascinating array of opportunities. “We are all really excited about our upcoming fall Open House,” said Claire Z. Biggs, coordinator of admissions events/services.