The Bison Battalion (the Bucknell University-based ROTC program comprising Bucknell, Bloomsburg and Susquehanna universities, Penn College and Lycoming College) recently completed a two-day field training exercise, the purpose of which was to prepare cadets for their careers as Army officers.
About 25 students in forestry instructor Jack E. Fisher's Wildlife Management class got hands-on exposure to birds of prey, as Master Falconer Cheri Heimbach returned to the School of Natural Resources Management this week. One of about 150 falconers in Pennsylvania, Heimbach brought along a Barbary Falcon, a Red-tailed Hawk, an Eagle Owl and a Harris's Hawk.
Eleven Penn College students and their adviser recently traveled to Perryville, Ark., for an Alternative Spring Break with a nonprofit agency dedicated to ending hunger and poverty. The group worked with Heifer International, which provides livestock, trees, seeds and environmentally sound agricultural training to families in more than 50 countries, including the United States.
Senior Kyle S. Baker and junior David S. Price traveled to Wohlsen Construction in Lancaster on Tuesday as part of a continuing outreach effort on behalf of their four-year construction management major. After a project manager explained what construction management is, the Penn College students joined by building construction management instructor Brad M.
Pennsylvania College of Technology was the recent host of FIRST Tech Challenge's Pennsylvania Championship Tournament, providing a home and a small army of volunteers for a day full of high-level robotics competition among high school teams from seven states. Thirty teams of enterprising ninth- to 12th-grade students, surrounded by supporters, filled Penn College's Field House on Feb.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology chapters of three honor societies held induction ceremonies on March 17, recognizing 110 new members for academic achievement. Phi Theta Kappa Forty-nine students were accepted into the college's Beta Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students in two-year academic majors.
Campus View Resident Assistants kicked off their Random Acts of Kindness Week by passing out flowers and ideas to help others. Among suggestions for their classmates?
More than 100 students, family and friends packed Penn's Inn on St. Patrick's Day for a Saturday night of fashion and fun. The Multicultural Society and PCAlliance joined forces to host their annual Fashion Show. Students modeled clothing representing their country, Penn College gear even '80's attire! Student Government Association President Gregory J.
A three-tier cake inspired by antique lace doilies took top prize in an annual Wedding Cake Competition at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Three Penn College students returned home over Spring Break, sharing the benefits of their postsecondary education with three classes at Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School. Carol A. Lugg, coordinator of matriculation and retention for the School of Natural Resources Management, joined the trio Luke C. Laughlin and Scott M. Ziegler, of Butler, and Benjamin J.
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