Events Articles

Henna artist Bridget Punsalang Maggie K. Calkins, a pre-physician assistant major from Bloomsburg, is deftly adorned by the instructor. A quick study is Priya B. Patel, a nursing major from Morganville, N.J., applying henna to her friend, Kristen Sweeney.

The great-grandson of George N. Schuster, whose record-setting performance in a 1908 automotive race from New York to Paris remains unmatched more than a century later, will share the epic story with a Pennsylvania College of Technology audience on Tuesday, April 2. “The Great Auto Race” will be presented by Jeff Mahl at 3:30 p.m.

Students with crucial job interviews in their future got a delicious primer in civilized dining this week, as Le Jeune Chef Restaurant hosted another traditional and informative Etiquette Dinner.

Colorful displays and professional-grade digital movies were the order of the day. Students in the morning session attend the awards ceremony, watching the winning videos and cheering their classmates. A Hughesville student's logo design for next year's fair was incorporated onto a coffee mug and T-shirt.

Twenty-five Penn College employees and 20 students were added to the list of Awesome Women Exemplars during the eighth annual reception, sponsored March 20 by the Student Activities Office.

As tax season draws to a close, Pennsylvania College of Technology will raise the curtain on its spring theatrical production: an appropriately timed farce titled “Love, Sex, and the I.R.S.” The show will be presented at 7:30 p.m. April 4-6 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium on the college’s main campus in Williamsport.

Horticulture alumni turned out en masse to volunteer at the ESC: From left are Wyatt C. Phillips, Sandra M. Angstadt, Evan E. Mattos, Andrew J. Kaminski, Matthew D. Lowe, Daniel A. Endy, Dustin E. Zook, Cory M. Ferreri and Kyle B. Brown. The Schneebeli Earth Science Center's abundant surroundings provided more-than-adequate variety for the Plant Identification competition. Christine A.

Helpful and friendly Penn College students, employees and graduates – the largest group of alumni volunteers for an Open House to date – welcomed thousands Saturday, encouraging prospective enrollees and their families to make the most of their visit.

"Worlds Collide," an exhibit of paintings by New York-based artist Merrill Steiger, continues through April 18 in The Gallery at Penn College.

A late-season snowstorm briefly clouded the logistics, but the weather had no lasting effect on the week's Career Fair objective: connect as many Penn College students as possible with the employers who can provide mutually beneficial job opportunities. At four sites over three days, plowing through the challenges of a compromised schedule, Career Services made it happen.