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The International Programs Office, along with the School of Integrated Studies, welcomed guest speaker Edwin Barnhart to Penn College's Klump Academic Center Auditorium on Monday. More than 350 people attended, the majority of them students, to hear his lecture on the Maya calendar and its supposed prediction of the end of time in 2012.
"Beauty, Vulnerability and Inevitability," a collection of paintings by Ed Wong-Ligda, officially opened Tuesday evening in The Gallery at Penn College, where the exhibit will remain through March 6. An opening reception took place on the third floor of The Madigan Library, preceded by an artist's lecture in the Student and Administrative Services Center and followed by a talk in the gallery.
Tuesday night's Create-a-Gift program, held in the Bush Campus Center lobby and sponsored by the Wildcat Events Board, provided students with the opportunity to stuff plush bears as Valentine's Day gifts. Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer
Several orchids are in bloom at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center greenhouse, part of a collection from donations to the School of Natural Resources Management over the years. Lana G. Baker, greenhouse attendant, said students have used the flowers and plants in floral-design work, and have been exposed to the different soils and growing conditions that the orchid varieties require.
This year's Walk-It-Out slogan says it all: "On our way to $10K." The planning committee is setting its goal high and needs your help. Registration is open for Walk-It-Out 2009, Penn College's walk-a-thon for the American Cancer Society, to be held from noon-6 p.m. Saturday, April 25, on the Madigan Library lawn.
An op-ed column by Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour, promising the institution's leadership and tenacity in navigating today's troubled fiscal waters, was published in the Feb. 8 editions of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. The article is headlined "Our History Proves Opportunities Exist In Hard Times."
Collin A. Zimmerman, a junior in the information technology: web and applications development concentration, recently was named to serve as the 2009-10 regional director of the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Zimmerman, of Lancaster, was elected to the position this past weekend during a regional business meeting at Lock Haven University.
Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, contributed a chapter to a recently published book.
Slater R. Harrison, a student in instructor Bruce E. Huffman's Digital Media Editing class five years ago, will be featured in this week's episode of "Ask This Old House" on PBS. Harrison, a middle school technology teacher in the Jersey Shore Area School District, was chosen on the basis of his design for a water-rocket launcher.
Vol. 7, No. 26 Recent Results/Upcoming Games (Through Feb. 8) Men's Basketball Overall record: 11-9 PSUAC record: 9-3 Monday, Feb. 2 at Penn State Hazleton, L, 93-74 Thursday, Feb. 5 host Penn State Wilkes-Barre, W, 75-62 Saturday, Feb. 7 at Penn State Abington, L, 72-68 Monday, Feb. 9 host Penn State Brandywine, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 host Penn State Scranton, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb.