Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were awarded a total of $2,500 in scholarships following the annual Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo a popular event won this year by students from the college's School of Natural Resources Management. Penn College students captured the overall title at the Oct.
Penn College Counseling Servicesis sponsoring a local conference site for the 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Dayfrom 1-2:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Professional Development Center's Tiadaghton Room. Counselors Mary Lee Kelly and Michael S. DiPalmawill be involved in the observance, which includes a live simulcast by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The role of personal responsibility in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and avoiding the risk factors that can spell an early demisewas outlined by Judy Quinti, an assistant professor of fitness and lifetime sports at Penn College, in a Thursday forum in Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft.
Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will auction their works to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity during the School of Hospitality's annual Food Show and Chocolate House Auction on Dec. 4.
The American Red Cross reports a successful recent Bloodmobile visit to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center: Forty-one pints were collected, surpassing the donation goal of 35 pints; 17 people were first-time donors. As each pint of blood collected benefits three people, a total of 123 patients will be helped by the Oct. 14 collection. Dennis F.
The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Erasing Borders 2009: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora" from Nov. 13 to Dec. 13. The traveling exhibition is an annual presentation by the Indo-American Arts Council.
"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change," one of Off-Broadway's longest-running musicals, will be presented this month in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Klump Academic Center. A comedy that celebrates modern-day relationships exploring "the joys of dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands and wives" the series of related vignettes will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12-14.
Fifty-five Penn College students vied for $300 in cash in a poker tournament sponsored by the Student Activities Office and held Friday night in Penn's Inn. Gregory A. DeShong, Cochransville, won the $150 first prize; Anthony R. Grubbs, Irwin, took home the $75 second prize; Jeremy M. Myerchin, Kunkletown, finished third ($45); and Xzarius O. Ryans, Columbia, S.C., (fourth place) and Paul R.
Two Penn College employees and several alumni will perform "The Music of Faure" with the Williamsport Civic Chorus at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 142 Market St., Williamsport. Barbara Albert, program specialist for early childhood education, and Debra Buckman, assistant professor of environmental technology, sing with the chorus.
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