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Participants in Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, spending this session on Penn College's main campus, got a close look at the institution's "degrees that work" during a tour Wednesday.
An infusion of $1,700 worth of comforters, towels, organizers, kitchen gadgets even a shower radio have helped temporarily transform a campus apartment into an attractive,right-from-the-catalog living space, Bed, Bath & Beyond, which recently opened a store near the Lycoming Mall and bills itself as "your back-to-college experts," was the only retailer to accept an invitation to take part in an a
While welcoming the first generation to be fully immersed in technology, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour on Monday urged a roomful of teenagers to tune out cellphones, text messages and e-mail long enough to tune into the moment and engage their fellow human beings. "Multitasking is only interrupting one thing to do something else," she said.
The Office of Residence Life announces the appointment of Kas A. Williams, who comes to Penn College with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Southeastern Louisiana University, as coordinator of residence life for College West Apartments.
The final week of this year's Summer Youth Adventure Camp began with artistic expression via "sidewalk chalk" and will continue with a variety of other fun activities. Other highlights will be a field trip to the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon on Tuesday, an outing to the nearby Hershey's Ice Cream store on Wednesday and the Wacky Olympics on Thursday. ( Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, photo editor)
Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 9, for the nearly 250 students who have petitioned to graduate from the college after the summer sessions. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. Jasmine Elmore, of Jersey Shore, will be the student speaker for the ceremony.
Word has been received of the death of Kathryn Wentzel Lumley, a "board member emerita" for Pennsylvania College of Technology and a former chairman of the board of trustees for the college's immediate predecessor institution, Williamsport Area Community College. Lumley, 90, for whom the college's Lumley Aviation Center is named, died Saturday, July 19, at her home in Rauchtown.
For the first time, Penn College is hosting Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, a program that attracts highly motivated rising high school juniors. Students (accompanied briefly Sunday by their parents) will stay on campus through Aug. 2, enjoying a unique weeklong opportunity to explore the college's academic programs, cocurricular opportunities, multitude of support services and facilities.
On Thursday, 30 incoming Penn College students completed the five-week Summer PLUS 2008 program offered by Academic Support Services. In addition to taking a math, English or reading noncredit course, the students were involved in college-preparation activities such as Project Success, introduction-to-computers classes and library workshops.
PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office.