Events Articles

Ernestine Johnson The Student Activities Office will host performance poet and actress Ernestine Johnson on Tuesday. Johnson will lead a performance-poetry workshop from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Penn's Inn (second floor, Bush Campus Center). Participants should bring pen, paper ... and an open mind! A 7 p.m. performance will follow.

An Air Force veteran with a distinguished career in veterans affairs will return to his alma mater on Nov. 5 to discuss the GI Bill in honor of Veterans Day.

Back-to-back Halloween events provided family-friendly fun Wednesday night, beginning with the fifth annual Trick or Treat Night at the Village at Penn College. Residents of the on-campus housing complex went all-out for the younger children of students, employees and alumni, handing out goodies in a safe, controlled environment.

"Slow down," Alan Lightman tells his audience, a simple and optimistic remedy to overwhelming acceleration and accessibility. An attentive crowd hears a tailor-made message. A Centennial throng of students, employees and the public extends to the ACC Auditorium balcony. Lightman describes a world that is "faster, less patient, louder and more wired" – but one that is not beyond reclamation.

"Race to Zero" Want a $0.00 energy bill? It is possible! The Penn College community can learn how at Thursday's "Race to Zero" presentation, set for 3:30 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium. Everyone will learn about current standards that can be used to design houses that produce as much energy as they use. All students are invited to be part of the U.S.

Culinary arts and systems students Rachel A. Mertz and Sammera T. Fleming serve a variety of cake. Culinary arts and systems student Dallas A. Tyree – one of the event’s student managers – serves a kale-and-white-bean dish to market visitor David L. Evans, professor of biology (anatomy and physiology).

Cisco Networking Academy NetBrain Technologies Inc. will provide Penn College students with a demonstration of its map-driven, network-automation software during a virtual conference, scheduled from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in Room E140 of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center.

Four students – all of them music-makers in some form or another – have moved on to the finale of the "Penn College Star" talent competition, vying to be the winner when the last round is held at 9 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Penn College welcomed prospective students, their families and friends, and its community neighbors to Fall Open House on Sunday. Helpful employees, students and alumni were on hand throughout the day to enable exploration of academic programs, student life, and the college's campuses and facilities.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Club will host a walkathon on campus Oct. 30. The walkathon is scheduled 5-9 p.m. and includes laps around the campus mall. Fifteen percent of the walk’s proceeds will be given to initiatives that support individuals with physical disabilities. The remainder will support activities by the Occupational Therapy Assistant Club.