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Penn College students and pet owners alike showed up for an evening of canine camaraderie and pumpkin carving last week. About 30 students came to carve pumpkins; enjoy pumpkin pie, apple cider and roasted pumpkin seeds; and enter their dressed-up pets in the costume contest.

The winter "Meet the Wildcats Day" was held Wednesday night outside the Susquehanna Room. The men's and women's basketball teams, bowling teams and the Dance Team met with students and staff and distributed their home schedules.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Vessels of Life," an exhibit of mixed-media drawings by Kim Banister, from Nov. 9 to Dec. 2. An opening reception for the exhibit will take place Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 4:30 p.m., with a gallery talk scheduled at 5:30 p.m.

The flag football team from Penn College walked into the GSC Dome not knowing what to expect from its Lycoming College opponent, but walked out with heads held high. Penn College dominated most of the game, but Lycoming scored with 3 seconds left and nipped the Penn College team, 19-18.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's women's soccer team, by virtue of a perfect 4-0 regular-season record in Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference matches, has been awarded its second straight conference championship. The Lady Wildcats totally dominated play in the conference, outscoring opponents Manor College and Reading Community College 28- 1 in home-and-away matches.

Eight returnees and a first-year woman bowler who is putting up numbers as good as the men gives Pennsylvania College of Technology bowling coach Debbie Vincenzes reason to be optimistic. The Wildcats open their season Friday at Summit Lanes in Pocono Summit. "David Florist (sophomore/Horsham) returns and is a much better bowler than he was last year.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Society of Manufacturing Engineers student chapter recently toured two Pennsylvania companies the Benton Foundry on Oct. 12 and the Perryman Co. on Nov. 2. The Benton Foundry, located about 40 minutes away in Benton, mixes and pours its own compositions of iron and steel according to customer requirements.

Penn College Act 101 students and a staff member attended the K. Leroy Irvis Student Leadership Conference in Gettysburg on Sunday and Monday. Students Katherine E. Swift and John S. Cendoma enjoyed several conference sessions designed to increase students' leadership skills, and had the chance to network with other student leaders at various social events. Melissa M.

A member of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Board of Directors has donated to the college nearly 200 mechanical drawings completed while he was student at Williamsport Technical Institute, a Penn College forerunner. David W.

On Monday, Duncan Aviation sent six managers from its headquarters in Lincoln, Neb., and its major service center in Battle Creek, Mich., to Penn College's Lumley Aviation Center to recruit students for internships and full-time job openings at each location.