In a national competition, Pennsylvania College of Technology recently received Gold, Silver and Merit Awards for a magazine it publishes, a television cooking series it produces and a TV commercial it created to promote visitation days for prospective students and their families.
The Spring 2003 Lecture Series at Pennsylvania College of Technology continues Feb. 11 when two women who assert their great-great-grandfathers were sons of President Jefferson and his slave, Sally Hemings, will address race relations in America.
By Tara Kowaleski College Information/Community Relations Intern The Spring 2003 CoffeeHouse Series of Tuesday-night musical performances is under way at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The series, which runs through April 29, is sponsored by the Student Activities office at Penn College. All of the performances, which are free and open to the public, begin at 8 p.m.
Beginning in March, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Technology Transfer Center will offer three six-week instructional sessions in yoga for beginners and experienced yoga practitioners. "Introduction to Yoga A Beginning Practice" and "Introduction to Yoga A Foundation Practice" will provide participants with a foundation series of asana (posture) that can be practiced anywhere.
High-school students from five counties can learn about the workings of the free-enterprise system and prepare themselves for successful business careers by attending the Northern Tier Business Adventure on April 12-15 at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro.
"Time Uncertain: Box Constructions 1986-2003," an exhibit of works by Donald J. Forsythe, will be presented Feb. 11 to March 7 at The Gallery at Penn College. Forsythe, a faculty member at Messiah College, will present an artist's talk at 5:15 p.m. Feb. 11. The talk and the exhibit opening, which will run from 4:30 to 7 p.m. that day are free and open to the public.
A team of students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies placed second recently in a national construction competition in Las Vegas. Members of the Penn College Construction Association competed in the National Association of Home Builders' annual residential-construction competition, finishing behind only BYU-Idaho.
The bachelor-of-science Nursing and certificate Practical Nursing majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will receive an on-site accreditation visit Feb. 5-7 from the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. The NLNAC site visitors will be available from 3 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
Pennsylvania College of Technology and NDEITA, a nonprofit fitness-professional association, are co-sponsoring a personal-trainer workshop to be held April 5-6 at the College. The workshop, which will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 5, and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, will take place in Bardo Gymnasium on the College's main campus.
Master Baker Didier Rosada, head instructor at the San Francisco Baking Institute, will visit Pennsylvania College of Technology on Feb. 17-18 to work with School of Hospitality students and present a seminar for local members of the Bread Bakers Guild of America and other area bakers.
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