Students from Lycoming Career and Technology Center gather in the Field House ... ... where competitors awaited the results of the day's competition. Hundreds of guests got a taste of the distinctive Penn College experience last week, as main campus hosted SkillsUSA District 6 secondary competition in more than 50 occupational areas.
This week's Yell(ow) It Out observance, held during a basketball doubleheader in Bardo Gymnasium, once again put a public face on a too-often-private issue. A collaboration of Community and Commuter Assistants, Resident Assistants, Greek Life and student-athletes, the evening focused on the warning signs of suicide and Penn College's ongoing commitment to education and prevention.
Washington conducts a professional-development session in Penn's Inn, challenging those in higher education to engage one another in building community. At the consultant's direction, participants rise to shake hands with someone they didn't know well ... ... an exercise that was repeated that evening in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
The exhibit’s title is featured on The Gallery’s glass entryway. Students and community visitors explore Nazari’s abstract works. The artist shares personal and professional inspirations. Capturing a memory of “Transformation" “Inside Out,” an installation of acrylic on wood panels, sets the stage for the artist’s talk.
Jennifer I. Watson, coordinator of transfer initiatives, engages her audience at Tuesday's session. Students gather in the Thompson Professional Development Center along with presenters (from left at rear) Sal Vitko and Allison A. Bressler, assistant directors of student activities, and Watson. Tabletop questions offer a steppingstone to participation. Paul R.
An inspired blend of ancient Iranian culture and modern Manhattan architecture, “Transformation” opens 2017 in The Gallery at Penn College. Running from Jan. 12 through March 2, the exhibit showcases works by Zahra Nazari, a native of Iran who resides and works in New York City. A Meet the Artist Reception is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, featuring an artist’s talk at 5:30 p.m.
Unselfish in their community commitment and undeterred by winter's chill, about 225 people participated in Monday's 10th annual Peace Walk to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King.
The president and founder of a multicultural organizational development firm, a self-described "instrument of change," will be the keynote speaker as Pennsylvania College of Technology continues its Dream Week reflections on the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. "The Content of Our Character: Doing the Work to Live Out the Dream of Inclusion" will be presented at 7 p.m.
iLuminate From "America's Got Talent" and a recent New York City tour, iLuminate will light up the Community Arts Center's stage – literally – at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7.
The impact of living in a culture increasingly reliant on technologies that primarily disseminate information via visual images rather than the printed word will be examined during the next edition of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s 2016-17 Colloquia Series. “A General Assertion Is Worth Innumerable Pictures” will be presented by Robert N. McCauley, William Rand Kenan Jr.
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