The Gallery at Penn College Articles

A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students put their lessons to work recently as they conceived, planned and managed an event that provided an opportunity for their peers to interact with regional employers.

Stop the presses! Don't bring down the curtain yet on the Spring 2019 semester, not while there are still events to chronicle and occasions to celebrate! As students, faculty and staff count down to midmonth commencement exercises – and the beckoning summer beyond – a number of lighthearted activities have helpfully conspired to put respite on the cramming-for-finals calendar.

The Student Nurses' Association teamed up with six other campus organizations and Student Activities to raise about $1,800 at Tuesday's "Penn College for a Cure" cancer benefit walk. Joining SNA in the successful collaboration were Circle K, PC Alliance, the Penn College Construction Association, Omega Delta Sigma and Phi Mu Delta fraternities, and Wildcat Events Board.

April showers bring May flowers AND the traditional sprint to the spring semester's finish line. Aside from final exams, capstones and other yearend projects, the Penn College campus is annually abuzz with pastimes to occupy students' remaining waking hours (as well as those of the PCToday photographers trying to keep up).

The annual Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work observance brought 36 young women and men to Penn College’s campuses for a variety of activities Thursday. Human Resources' Mattie L. Pulizzi and Jennifer L. Whitmoyer coordinated the day’s program, which included job-shadowing with parents and their co-workers; campus tours; career-focused activities with the School of Business & Hospitality, The Dr.

A working clock complete with a pendulum tracks time on a wall. The creation is by Lauren S. Herr, a construction management major from Lititz. Skilled creations from wooded masks to ceramic “food” on plates A carved “green man” by Sydney O. Powell, of Linden, graphic design A corner of the gallery lobby beckons art explorers.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Bachelor of Science Nursing Honor Society was officially chartered as a chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International during a ceremony on the college’s campus on April 12. Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing was founded in 1922. The founders chose its name for the Greek words storgé, tharsos and timé, meaning love, courage and honor.

Eleven graphic design seniors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will exhibit their work as part of “Graphic Design: 2019,” the annual student portfolio exhibition in The Gallery at Penn College. A public reception for the exhibit’s opening will be held Friday, May 3, from 4 to 6 p.m., with a gallery talk at 4:30 p.m. The design work will be on display April 30 through May 10.

Students from Penn College’s School of Nursing & Health Sciences and School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications joined area law enforcement, emergency management and health care professionals in a recent simulation at UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport Regional Medical Center and a variety of other locations.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has received a $1,587 grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. The funds are supporting programming and educational outreach efforts in conjunction with the exhibit “The Hundred Dresses Project: We Are All in This Together,” slated for this summer at The Gallery at Penn College.