Dining Services held its sixth annual Soup for the Soul event at the Wildcat Express on Wednesday, raising more than $1,300 to benefit The Cupboard. For a $10 donation, participants received a bowl of soup, bread, beverage and dessert.
Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture, and 17 of his students traveled to Longwood Gardens on Wednesday, a trip that included a visit with alumna Lauren S. Hoderny-Hill. The manager of domestic and international studies at the botanical showcase in Kennett Square, she is a 2005 graduate in floral design/interior plantscape.
A Wednesday afternoon ribbon-cutting made it official: Clubhouse Concessions LLC, the first student-run enterprise at Pennsylvania College of Technology, is open for business! Begun by Jason Wiedl, a construction management student from West Pittston, the food truck will be set up from 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursdays to Saturdays at West Third and Susquehanna streets. Its start-up menu offers sliders, hot dogs, music and cornhole.
A PPG Industries Inc. training instructor, renowned for his custom paint artistry, shared decades' worth of expertise this week with Penn College students, faculty and career and technical education instructors. Paul Stoll – who last visited campus during the Air Affair East showcase in May 2007 – began Wednesday with a basic airbrush class.
Penn College observed National Hispanic Heritage Month during a Tuesday event in the Bush Campus Center for students, employees and community members. Following the same "Lunch and Learn" format as a Juneteenth program in late spring, the afternoon included speakers, a catered meal and the chance to cross-culturally engage one another in pursuit of common goals.
The 14th Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Dinner & Auction raised a total of $141,000 for student scholarships at the college. Held at Penn College’s Madigan Library, the event was sponsored by Lycoming Engines and featured a live auction of 25 donated items and services by Ron Roan of Roan Inc. Auctioneers & Appraisers, who donated his professional services, as well as a silent auction of 26 items and services.
Think you know what civil engineers do? Think again! This edition of the Tomorrow Makers podcast will open your eyes to even more ways in which their projects impact our world. Ruth A. Hocker, a civil engineering instructor at Penn College, and Zachary T. Hepler, of Ringtown, a senior in the program, spark listeners' curiosity with topics ranging from civil engineers' vital community role to international career opportunities to floating cities.
Chef Roberto Caporuscio recently brought the 300-year-old art of Neapolitan pizza making to the kitchens of Penn College’s hospitality program, where he offered a demonstration and hands-on lesson to students in the Global Cuisine & Connections course, taught by Chef Mary G. Trometter. Caporuscio’s visit was facilitated by Giacomo Berselli, founder of the Marco Polo Program Abroad in Italy.
WNEP’s Chris Keating visited Penn College’s Dental Hygiene Clinic on Monday to report on the upcoming Sealant Saturday. During the Nov. 4 event, second-year dental hygiene students will be joined by faculty and volunteer dentists and dental hygienists to provide free oral care to children and teens.
“Changing Demographics and the 2024 Election: The Politics of Race and Ethnicity” will be the topic for a Technology & Society Colloquia Series presentation by Luis Ricardo Fraga on Oct. 25 at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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