Fall 2008 Open House
Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Fall 2008 Open House on Sunday, welcoming a record crowd of prospective enrollees and their families for an up-close look at the college's unique "degrees that work," courtesy of helpful students, faculty/staff and administrators.
— Photos by Kenneth L. Barto, student photographer, and Tom Wilson, writer-editor
Prospective students fill out admissions applications in the Student and Administrative Services Center.
An information session in the SASC Presentation Room.
Student Ambassadors Matthew R. Fahnestock and Melissa N. Dobson lead an Open House tour along West Third Street.
Timothy J. Mallery, assistant director of residence life, discusses housing options.
Conducting a tour outside the Madigan Library are Student Ambassadors Jasmine Elmore, left; Erin E. Brown and Kyle Kishbaugh.
The Wildcat coaching staff meets with potential student-athletes and their families in the Field House.
Student Ambassador John C. Phillippy visits with guests outside Klump Academic Center.
Shadows, seen during this tour led by Ambassador Corey A. Shank, offer proof of the day's welcome sunshine.
Admissions Representative Philip G. Berry speaks to an ACC Auditorium audience.
Student Ambassador Benjamin M. Thompson enlightens a tour group outside Madigan Library.
Jonah Gregory and David Lynn perform in the library.
Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management, meets with a family at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.
Penn College forest technology major Katherine L. Huddleson competes in the Woodsman's Meet, making a toss in the logger's equivalent of horseshoes.
Determined members of a Penn State forestry team put their muscle into the log-roll event.
Speed and accuracy are required in this exercise, picking up soccer balls and dumping them into a trash can.
Skillfully scooping up some fragile cargo in the egg-carrying competition. . .
. . . and deftly laying it to rest.
Like threading a needle, an equipment operator shows his dexterity.
A "rodeo" competitor uses a skid steer to impressively shoot some hoops.

