Penn College's student THON contingent included (from left) MacKenzie L. Martin, of Thompsontown; dancers Stephanie C. Myers and Sarah M. Luprek; campus chair Emma J. Sutterlin, of State College, holding Zoey Witmer, daughter of Katelyn A. Keefer, of Northumberland; Brianna M. Young, of Fayetteville, N.C.; and James S. Alger, of Campbelltown.
Caleb G. Schirmer, of Sugarloaf, a technology management major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been chosen as the February Student of the Month. Schirmer, who earned an associate degree in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis in 2014, is president of the Off-Campus Housing Organization and secretary of Students Making a Contribution.
William C. Blessing talks about the malicious methods employed to compromise computer security. Zachary L. Lundberg addresses the benefits (and more than occasional pitfalls) of geolocation, which pinpoints and shares one's physical whereabouts. Several "cloud"-based systems for information backup are assessed by Adam T. Check. David M. Mossop (left) and Jeremy W.
Team Pork Buttz enters the “field” of competition with confidence. Inspired by a list of required ingredients, students produce house-made ricotta cheese quenelle with citrus salad atop a cauliflower and cheese crust. Team Grateful Bread carefully scores its classmates’ culinary creations. The team’s entrée: spice-rubbed and smoke-fired rabbit with dumplings.
With Tuesday night's finding that a website wrongly included Penn College on a list of unsafe campuses, President Davie Jane Gilmour has updated the institution's response.
Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour has responded to a recent online article about campus crime, meeting the "disturbing" and "terribly misleading" headline with accurate statistics, an administrative commitment to student and employee safety, and confidence in the Penn College Police department's proactive enforcement efforts.
Students in hospitality majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will display their wedding cake creations on March 3 in the college’s Thompson Professional Development Center. This year’s theme for the cakes is “Love Songs.” The students spend weeks decorating their fondant-covered cakes for a competition that will be judged by industry professionals.
In a face-to-face Q&A, students find much to talk about. Each participant wore a beaded necklace to denote his or her status. Students talk up a storm in this panoramic view. Wednesday's third annual Speed Dating event attracted more than 40 students to the Thompson Professional Development Center for friendship, fun and (of course) food, catered by Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.
'60s-themed Murder Mystery Dinner coming to PDC Student tickets ($16) are on sale at the Bush Campus Center Information Desk for "The Tragical Tripp," a far-out 1960s murder mystery dinner, to be held at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Thompson Professional Development Center's Mountain Laurel Room. Tickets ($20) for Penn College faculty and staff will be available starting Feb. 17.
The Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer two free sessions on the main campus in Williamsport in March and April to help students, prospective students and families complete the 2015-16 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
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