Events Articles

Students in the Advanced Patisserie Operations class presented their first bake sale of the Fall 2011 semester Friday morning, a menu of "International Delights" that appropriately satisfied the senses. Student managers for the sale, held in Le Jeune Patissier (in the market area of the Carl Building Technologies Center) were Ana-Maria Grigore, Oksana M. Punako and Lauren G. Hammer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the campus community is encouraged to show its support at the Penn College Pink Outs. The women's volleyball team, which held its second annual Pink Out Tie-Dye event Wednesday, didn't expect the crowd that showed up to helpheighten awareness.

With a lineup that includes an Emmy Award winner, a National Book Award finalist and a recognized leader in introducing comic books and graphic novels to school libraries, the inaugural Wildcat Comic Con promises to deliver a host of cartoonists, authors and industry trailblazers to Pennsylvania College of Technology.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The artist subsequently canceled his planned visit for personal reasons.) Pennsylvania College of Technology will host a lecture by American graphic designer David Carson, one of the most influential graphic designers of the 1990s, at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

In a learning opportunity for Pennsylvania College of Technology students and a benefit for scholarship funds, the college will host a "California Food and Wine Pairing" event, featuring a gourmet "California fusion" menu created by students in the School of Hospitality, paired with selections from the Eberle Winery in Paso Robles, Calif.

On the 10th anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, the Pennsylvania College of Technology community gathered in tribute to the lives lost and valor born on that horrific Sept. 11.

Mike Aponte, the leader of the M.I.T. Blackjack Team a group of college students that defied the odds and legally won millions of dollars playing "21" will make a free public appearance at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences will host a 5K Walk/Run on Oct. 8 as part of the college's Homecoming festivities. Net proceeds from the race will support the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund, which benefits the school's students. Fundraising efforts for the scholarship are coordinated by School of Health Sciences faculty and staff.

The campus community enjoyed a full slate of sports Aug. 30, observing "Opening Day" for fall athletics before celebrating Pennsylvania College of Technology "Pack the Park Night" at Williamsport's historic Bowman Field.

"Animal Instinct," featuring the recent artwork of Cheryl Agulnick Hochberg, formally was opened Tuesday with a heavily attended reception and artist's comments in The Gallery at Penn College. Marked by wit, interactivity and varied media, the exhibit runs through Sept. 28 on the third floor of Madigan Library. The gallery is open 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 2-7 p.m.