Events Articles

Lonise P. Bias, a motivational speaker spurred to community activism by the tragic deaths of her sons including Len, a University of Maryland basketball player who died shortly after being drafted by the Boston Celtics aimed a beacon of optimism, triumph and self-esteem at her Penn College audience Monday night.

On Sunday, Jan. 16, Penn College kicked off the return of wrestling with a full day of related activities. The Wildcats' "Wrestling Day" included a clinic with guest clinician Mark McKnight, a Pennsylvania State University resident athlete, followed by an intrasquad meet.

The Gallery at Penn College and the Student Activities Office are co-hosting the band, Electric Volcano Experiment, on Jan. 20. The band will play from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the gallery, on the third floor of Madigan Library, which will be transformed into a music nightclub including "mocktails" for this special event.

Healthy Weight Week will be observed at Penn College from Jan. 17-21, offering many educational and entertaining events that provide information about achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle.

The ways in which racial name-calling prevents true cultural awareness will be explored in a provocative theatrical piece to be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Area music lovers are invited to "beat the winter blues" by supporting live music at Pennsylvania College of Technology's second annual Cure the Blues Fest from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11, in the college's Field House on the main campus in Williamsport.

A collection of real-life stories from women detailing the gutsy, outrageous and courageous things they've done will be presented by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Activities Office and Cultural Life Committee at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, on the college's main campus in Williamsport.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Visiting Chef Series, Pennsylvania College of Technology will host four distinguished alumni of the School of Hospitality during its Feb. 2-4 event.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's crowd-pleasing presence at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg got off to an auspicious start on Jan. 8, as a popular hands-on activity, savory smells and tastes from School of Hospitality students and faculty, and a visit from the always-in-demand Wildcat mascot set the stage for the week to come.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Likeness of a Likeness," an exhibit by artist Mark Khaisman, Jan. 8 to Feb. 2. Khaisman's figurative images are classically rendered from carefully layered strips of translucent packing tape applied to backlit acrylic sheets.