All Events

All are invited to attend Peninsula College’s free, first annual “Open Welding Day” event on April 13, from noon to 3:00 pm, in the welding shop (Building Q) at the Port Angeles campus.

Take a tour, watch PC students weld, check out the college’s new CNC plasma cutter, and try your hand at welding.

Rob Grabow, Peninsula College alumnus and filmmaker will join us via Zoom in the Little Theater for our April 13 Studium Generale presentation to celebrate the release of his film, “Year of the Dog,” beginning at 12:35 pm.

The film is described on the IMDB website as follows: 

Peninsula College will host a series of Running Start Information Nights in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Forks and via Zoom during February, March, and April this year. 

The events are designed to provide prospective Running Start students and their parents with an opportunity to learn more about the program and how high school juniors and seniors can earn college credit, tuition-free. They will also learn about strategies for success and what parents and families can do to be supportive. 

On Friday, April 14, from 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm, in Peninsula College’s Little Theater, Magic of Cinema and Peninsula Adventure Sports are excited to showcase The Trail Running Film Festival 2023.

The festival highlight stories—through documentary film—from around the world by filmmakers sharing their work of adventure, inclusivity, nature, art, and diversity across the trail running and ultra- community.

The Studium Generale Program is delighted to welcome Dr. Cheryl Crane, Dean for Arts & Sciences and Transitional Studies at Peninsula College, to our stage. Join us in The Little Theater or through Zoom at 12:35 pm on April 20 to learn about her work as a professor, researcher, and sociologist.

Our Cyber Games Family Night is a technology-focused event with the goal of getting people of all ages to play and learn together. Come play games, explore esports, and learn more about cybersecurity and careers in tech. Hosted by Peninsula College, the event will include experts from the field of cybersecurity, data science, software development, video gaming and tech careers.  Come learn, ask, and play with us!   

Agenda: 

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Get food, explore info booths 

Studium Generale will Celebrate National Poetry Month by welcoming Jamestown S’Klallam Elder, scholar, poet, editor, and longtime supporter of Peninsula College, Duane Niatum. We will also be celebrating a new chapbook of poetry, Sea Changes, which is available in the Peninsula College bookstore, the Bookaneer.

Dr. Niatum will offer a reading, and the event will be followed by a book signing in the PUB Gallery of Art and reception in ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, PC Longhouse. 

Adventure writer and naturalist Sy Montgomery will serve as the Peninsula College Writer in Residence for Spring 2023.

Montgomery has written more than 30 books for adults and children and was a 2015 finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction with her New York Times bestseller “The Soul of an Octopus, A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness.”   

Montgomery will be on the campus May 16-18 and will share her wilderness adventures at a Studium Generale presentation Thursday May 18 at 12:35 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Adventure writer and naturalist Sy Montgomery will serve as the Peninsula College Writer in Residence for Spring 2023.

Montgomery has written more than 30 books for adults and children and was a 2015 finalist for the National Book Award for nonfiction with her New York Times bestseller “The Soul of an Octopus, A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness.”   

Peninsula College History Professor Michael Casella-Blackburn will offer a lecture and reading focusing on his latest book: Diplomatic Black Hole: Conspiracy and Political Fear in Mid-20th Century America, at Peninsula College's February 23 Studium Generale, beginning at 12:35 pm.