Pennsylvania College of Technology has published a book and website featuring the seven individuals who guided the institution through its nearly 100-year history – from George H. Parkes, who transformed a small, high school industrial arts shop into a postwar model of adult education, to current President Davie Jane Gilmour. “Legacy of Leaders” also features Robert L.
Counselor Kathryn A. Lehman assesses whether a student's life is in balance, weighing healthy influences (proper nutrition, adequate sleep and exercise, for instance) – represented by blue stones on the scale – against more stressful factors. Kristi L. Hammaker, health and fitness specialist, asks a mental health-related question after a student takes a spin of the wheel.
Penn’s Inn was host on Friday to the State Emergency Health Services Council’s second annual Pennsylvania Statewide Pediatric Emergency Care Symposium on Friday. The symposium provided education for emergency medical technicians, paramedics and nurses. The symposium attracted 109 participants from across the state and featured instructors from both inside and outside Pennsylvania.
Event coordinator Dana R. Suter, coordinator of part-time student employment and career programming (second from left) enjoys chatting with her mentees. Dennis R. Williams, associate professor of business administration/management (right) – and adviser to Students in Free Enterprise – mentors a table of SIFE members. Amelia A. Seaton, dining room manager, demystifies the wine-selection process.
An athletic-shoe sale to benefit the Penn College baseball team will be held from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, in the Field House. Buy one pair, get a second pair free! Quality name brands (Nike, Adidas, And1, Reebok, New Balance, among others) will be available at discount prices – some as low as $10 – in sizes 5-11 for women and 6½-14 for men. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted.
A regional hub for the biennial International AIDS Conference, organized by AIDS Resource Alliance and co-sponsored by Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be held Oct. 25-26 at the Thompson Professional Development Center on the college’s main campus in Williamsport.
An instructor in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality has been chosen as this year’s speaker in a popular campus lecture series. The college’s David London My Last Words program challenges student- and alumni-nominated faculty members to offer their definitive thoughts as if they knew it were the final opportunity to share insight and inspiration.
About 100 students attended Saturday's free show in Penn's Inn that featured K-von, host of MTV's hidden-camera show "Disaster Date."
Andrew L. Stamey, of Danville, lends a hand with the hose. The Lumley Aviation Center' hangar floor provides ample workspace for Misty Blues' air-show preparations. Assisting Team RV are students Jonel A. Murray, of Brooklyn, N.Y. (left), and Rameshwar Singh, of Queens Village, N.Y.
Hundreds of Penn College students reunited with families this past weekend, sharing several days (and nights) of campus activities ... with a healthy dose of "showing off" what they've learned in their new surroundings since last month's start of the fall semester.
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