Events Articles

Combining fun, stress relief and seasonal comfort food, the Inter-Fraternity Council sponsored a "Pumpkin Bust" on the Thompson Professional Development Center lawn Tuesday. Team members lobbed pumpkins to one another in a variation on that old standby, the "egg toss," aiming for the greatest distance with the least mess.

About 50 children of Penn College students, employees and alumni attended Wednesday's "Trick-or-Treat Night at The Village," co-sponsored by the Alumni Relations and Residence Life offices.

Phi Mu Delta and PC Alliance co-sponsored "A Mile in Her Shoes," a benefit walk that combined fundraising with presentations about domestic abuse. Participants were encouraged to wear women's heels, an inch or higher, on their Tuesday afternoon stroll along Penn College's campus mall.

Students enjoyed a hauntingly happy Halloween Candy "Boo-fay" in Penn's Inn on Tuesday, a free event hosted by Dining Services. Spooky servings of root beer-flavored worms, gummy eyeballs and candy spiders highlighted the second annual frightfest, as well as favorites such as Skittles, M&M's and Smarties.

Penn College history professor William J. Astore took his audience on an inspirational cinematic journey Monday night, offering "Last Scenes of a Cinephile" as the fourth annual speaker in the David London My Last Words Lecture Series.

More than 80 Airframe and Powerplant mechanics holding inspection authorization attended a training seminar Saturday coordinated by Penn College and the Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office in Harrisburg. In addition to the FAA representatives at the Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville, presenters included Randy Jenson, of Lycoming Engines; Chad R.

On a gorgeous fall Sunday (Oct. 23), Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed prospective students, their families and friends to Open House.

With memories unfaded by age and a kind smile undimmed by horror, an 85-year-old survivor of a Nazi labor camp shared his experience with the Penn College community Wednesday afternoon. Karl Rom was accompanied by grandson Daniel, who translated a story unknown to him until his class was studying World War II. "I, of course, had no clue what I was asking him to do.

More than 160 employers were on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus and at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Oct. 18, recruiting for nearly 1,900 full-time jobs, part-time positions and internships at the Career Fair. Greatly adding to the experience was the presence of blue-ribboned alumni, returning to Penn College on behalf of their postgraduate employers.

What does Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider" have to teach us about living with a clear conscience? What can Humphrey Bogart's "Rick" in the movie "Casablanca" teach us about avoiding cynicism and recapturing idealism thought long lost? What can Chief Dan George in "Little Big Man" teach us about the sacredness of life?