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Celebrate Local Talent at ‘Art Alive’ Exhibit at Penn College

May 20, 2013

Twenty-four area artists will show their work as part of the Lycoming County Juried Art Exhibition – titled “Art Alive!” – May 30 to June 28 at The Gallery at Penn College. The gallery is on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Madigan Library. more»

Students Well-Educated, Even During ‘Career Day’ Break From School

May 20, 2013

Almost 900 seventh- to ninth-graders attended Monday’s Career Day, a twice-yearly event arranged by Penn College’s Outreach for K-12 Office. College faculty and others treated visitors to nearly 40 hands-on activities, rewarding laboratory tours and informative discussions that covered the variety of careers represented by the college’s “degrees that work.” Students came from eight school [...]

Spring’s Class of ’13 Honored in Three Commencement Ceremonies

May 18, 2013

Pennsylvania College of Technology held three commencement ceremonies May 17-18 for more than 875 students who petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2013 semester. The Friday afternoon proceedings honored students from the schools of Business and Computer Technologies, Hospitality, and Transportation Technology. more»

College Committee Sagely Advises Co-Workers: ‘Take a Hike’

May 15, 2013

The second annual Wildcat Walk, an initiative of Penn College’s Wellness Committee, stepped off at noon Wednesday outside the Madigan Library. more»

Campus Event Sounds Closing Bell for ‘Stock Market Challenge’

May 15, 2013

EconomicsPennsylvania’s Stock Market Challenge, in which students from eight local high schools were given a virtual bankroll of $100,000 each and tasked with managing an investment portfolio over the past 10 weeks, held its wrap-up event on Penn College’s main campus Wednesday. more»

Plastics Symposium Draws National Interest on Both Sides of Podium

May 9, 2013

Fifty-two industry representatives from across the nation learned about market trends and improving quality and innovation at the 2013 Plastics Symposium: Sustainable Manufacturing & Recycling Markets Summit. more»

College YouTube Channel Adds Video From Penn State Coaches’ Visit

May 8, 2013

Video from Tuesday’s campus visit by the Penn State “Coaches Caravan.” a sold-out event that gave hundreds of people the opportunity to meet football coach Bill O’Brien and his counterparts in Nittany Lion field hockey and men’s volleyball, has been added to the Penn College YouTube channel. “These kids are students first,” O’Brien said of [...]

Sigma Nu Strikes Meteorological Gold With Annual Car Show

May 8, 2013

More than 70 cars, trucks and motorcycles were entered in the Sigma Nu Fraternity’s fifth annual car show, held Saturday in the parking lot of Penn College’s Carl Building Technologies Center. more»

Sold-Out ‘Caravan’ Brings Nittany Lion Coaches to Penn College

May 7, 2013

A sold-out lunch at the Penn College Field House kicked off the second week of the Penn State Coaches Caravan on Tuesday morning. Nittany Lion football coach Bill O’Brien, who is headlining the bus tour on all 12 of its stops, was joined in his local visit by Char Morett, field hockey coach, and Mark [...]

‘Star Trek Voyager’ Actor to Close This Year’s Wildcat Comic Con

May 7, 2013

Tim Russ, a member of the “Star Trek Voyager” cast whose television and film appearances are just part of a three-decade performing-arts career, will be the closing speaker for the second Wildcat Comic Con to be held Sept. 28 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Russ portrayed Lt. Cmdr. Tuvok, the U.S.S. more»