The Gallery at Penn College Articles

Mike Stevens visits college gallery for piece about Little League photo exhibit.

The young men and women of Penn College's Camp ESCAPE, a summer adventure that ends all too soon, wound down the season with a visit to The Gallery at Penn College on Wednesday.

Area health care providers and emergency responders, part-time Penn College faculty, and alumni shared their insights with students and others during Thursday visits to main campus. The day began at around 8:30 a.m., when pilot Eric Smith landed Geisinger Health System's Life Flight 4 helicopter on the Madigan Library lawn.

Gary Steele, of Montgomery, received the Viewer’s Choice Award as part of the “Art Alive!” Lycoming County Juried Art Exhibition, held recently at The Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Technology. “Art Alive!” featured fine art in a variety of media, all created by Lycoming County residents.

Opening receptions were held late last week in The Gallery at Penn College, where “In the Field of Play: The Little League Baseball World Series through the lens of Putsee Vannucci” will be featured through Aug. 30. A well-timed collection honoring one of the acknowledged joys of summer, the exhibit includes photographs and camera equipment from Vannucci's 60 years of Little League coverage.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Madigan Library, will host an exhibit celebrating legendary local photographer Putsee Vannucci and his contributions to the visual history of the Little League Baseball World Series.

Connections has resumed, providing a variety of activities to help first-year students get acquainted with Penn College and one another. Spread over two days of sessions, each orientation program addresses a range of topics, including finances, classroom expectations, diversity, safety, extracurricular involvement and the reality of leaving home.

Three prize winners and five honorable mentions were selected from among 24 area artists whose work was selected for the Lycoming County Juried Art Exhibition – titled “Art Alive!” – at The Gallery at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Friday’s 30th annual God, Country and Community Flag March – a rain-or-shine event in which the latter brightly prevailed – traveled from downtown Williamsport to the 1,800-square-foot "Stars and Stripes" that flies above Penn College’s main entrance.

Crowds gather amid a sampling of Putsee Vannucci’s World Series photography. A couple looks at a photo of Joe DiMaggio interacting with Little Leaguers – one of Vannucci’s favorite World Series memories. Lenore G.