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Members and guests of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce visited Penn College's newest addition Thursday night: the Center for Business & Workforce Development. The 32,000-square-foot building at 1127 W.

Five Saudi Arabian students from Penn College's English as a Second Language class met children at the Children's Learning Center on Wednesday morning to practice pronunciation skills and experience interacting with American children. The students explored the children's classroom and had an opportunity for play with the youngsters. The ESL students also read books to the children.

Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty from the electronics and computer engineering technology department spent part of their summer updating their skills with colleagues from across the United States.

The Gallery at Penn College recently added more works of art to the current exhibit, "Where Science Meets Art." Over half of the art in the exhibit was sent from Europe by members of the Society for Art of Imagination. Unfortunately, some works did not arrive for the opening day of the exhibit; instead, they spent a few weeks in customs.

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students are working this summer with Larson Design Group a Williamsport-based architecture, engineering and surveying firm where an aggressive internship program helps meet future recruitment needs and reverse the trend of local students moving outside the area after graduation.

"Summer Birds"from Penn College's Children's Learning Center visited the biology lab Monday as part of their study on oceans and water animals. ( Photo by Sonya K. Miller, assistant group leader)

Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management (right), recently presented a plaque to Cindy Krisko, employment manager at Cleveland Brothers (formerly Beckwith Machinery), headquartered in Murrysville, for participation with the Caterpillar Excellence Fund grant program.

Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architectural technology, will give a presentation on "Defining Sustainable Practices" on Wednesday during the Bucknell University Summer Institute on Sustainability in Building Design, Construction and Operation. An event schedule follows:

A donation of hardware and software from Kepware Technologies will allow students at Pennsylvania College of Technology to be among the few in the country to gain experience on a system that enables the smooth exchange of data between various automated industrial devices and control applications.

The seventh annual NRM Golf Invitational, held Wednesday at the White Deer Golf Course, raised about $6,000 to fund an endowed scholarship for Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management. Twenty-two foursomes comprised of industry representatives and college faculty/staff competed at the tournament, the final one arranged by Wayne R.