Students kicked off the first weekend of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Fall 2011 semester with a Wet 'n' Wildcat House Party, thanks to a variety of campus organizations on the Field House lawn Thursday. The Wildcat Events Board, Off-Campus Housing Organization, Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association and Greek Life combined to offer a night of free food, music, waterslides, T-shirts and more. The evening concluded with college-sponsored fireworks, rescheduled from Welcome Weekend due to rain.
— Photos by Whitnie-Rae Mays and Michael S. Fischer, student photographers
A burst of Wildcat blue, as seen from an off-campus hilltop perch, lights the sky over Penn College.
Free T-shirts were distributed to the first 400 people.
A recipe for relaxation: pizza, music, sunshine and friends.
Seth M. Beckman revels in some late-summer water fun
Fireworks silhouette spectators at Thursday's show.
Refreshing, huh?
As evening dawns and shadows lengthen, a last peek of sunshine
Titans rock the night away.
Student Assistant Trey B. Judy (left) and Debo Powell, assistant director of student activities for diversity and cultural life – poster boys for decorum, self-restraint and the seriousness of academic endeavor.
Traveling head-first is Robert J. Forbes.
With one week down, students savor free food, music and new friends.
Alissa J. Harris and Derek J. Hoover enjoy the festivities (and the cotton candy) at the Wet-'n'-Wildcat House Party.
Students engage in a spirited Ultimate Frisbee game on the Athletic Field.
A fiery red extravaganza
Flipping and sliding
A solitary skyshot illuminates The Teeth, the closing band performing beneath.
The Moths, the first of three bands
Atlee J. Eshleman serves up a sweet treat.
Brilliant colors above the horizon dwarf the lights of campus below.