Events Articles

Thanks to the festive surroundings at Tuesday's Mardi Gras event at Penn's Inn, students were painlessly reminded to be safe and smart in their Spring Break decision-making. The annual event offers the opportunity to blow off steam during midterm week, while providing nonalcoholic beverages and other treats to reinforce healthy choices during the imminent semester getaway.

Congratulations to Brett A. Reasner, assistant dean of natural resources management, and daughter Samantha for winning the One College Club's inaugural Chili Cook-Off at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Tuesday evening. Their winning recipe, Hunter's Chili, was a delectable combination of ground venison and hot Italian sausage with whole peeled tomatoes, black beans and chipotle peppers.

Twenty-six Penn College employees and students, the latest class of Awesome Women Exemplars nominated by their appreciative peers, were recognized Tuesday during an evening reception in the Thompson Professional Development Center's Mountain Laurel Room.

The well-appointed welding labs of Penn College's Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center were the venue for Friday's annual American Welding Society competition involving 20 students from the college's School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies and five each from Columbia Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, SUN Area Technical School and Williamsport Area High School.

Pennsylvania College of Technology once again is getting ready for the annual pre-spring break celebration, a "Mardi Gras Happy Hour" that encourages students to make wise and safe decisions during Spring Break. In a party atmosphere in Penn's Inn from 5-6:30 p.m.

Bestselling authors and sexologists Joni Frater and Esther Lastique presented "Sex Ed Boot Camp" at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Penn's Inn (CC, second floor).

The Madigan Library's far-ranging focus on one of literature's most beloved series continued from 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday with "Harry Potter's Herbs: Fact and Fantasy" in the second-floor reading loft.

Rocky Fino, celebrity chef and author of "Will Cook for Sex: A Guy's Guide to Cooking," will visit Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday, Feb. 17. Fino will spend the day cooking across campus and interacting with students as part of Sexual Responsibility Week (Feb. 14-18).

Area music lovers were treated to a midwinter night's dream Friday: performances by three bands at Penn College's second annual Cure the Blues Fest in the Field House. Sponsored by the Student Activities Office, the evening offered appearances by the Matt Corey Band, Ann Kerstetter and the All-Star Band of Cronies, and the Chuck Lambert Band.

With nary the need for an "Alohomora" spell, a two-hour reception magically opened the Harry Potter's World exhibit at Penn College's Madigan Library, as attendees some in costume and all awash in music from the Potter movies viewed displays, enjoyed theme-appropriate refreshments and vied for door prizes.