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Tonya W. Chopick Tonya W. Chopick, a 2003 graduate in Penn College's business management major, returned to campus this week to share her perspective as a nontraditional student. Chopick, employed as the inside sales representative at the Jersey Shore Steel Co., visited Ashley A. Smith Nicholas's First Year Experience class.

As a commitment to the Pennsylvania College of Technology Scholarship Campaign, Larson Design Group has agreed to match gifts to the Lamont E. Butters Memorial Scholarship dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $5,000. The matching-gift offer has already generated $2,800 in new donations and pledges from Penn College alumni and Larson Design Group employees. The Lamont E.

Faculty and staff have until Oct. 21 to submit proposed presentations for “Technology and Society: The Centennial Colloquia Series,” a component of Penn College’s 100-year anniversary celebration in 2014.

Students in the Surgical Technology Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology gathered Sept. 16 to celebrate National Surgical Technologist week, observed annually the third week of September. Surgical technologists are an integral part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to patients.

David Munn Senior David Munn, of Athens, was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association Goalkeeper of the Week and the Penn State University Athletic Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 15.  In the team’s 2-0 week, Munn recorded two shutouts and made six saves.  The honors are Munn’s first of the season.

Outfitted for derring-do on the high seas (and brandishing handmade hooks), Dining Services employees strike a less-than-menacing pose outside the Capitol Eatery. From left are Patti E. Durrwachter, James F. Glenn, Aaron M. Silfies, Noelle B. Bloom, Lee R. Whittingon Sr. and Krystal S. Zelazny.

Intramural assistant Wyatt J. Decker, a business administration: marketing concentration major from Dushore, wrings out a shirt after the preliminary soak. Colleagues on the volleyball court, Lady Wildcats also team up to tie-dye. Employing squirt bottles – a change over past years' method of dunking garments into buckets of pink – participants douse their T-shirts with color.

Kathreen D. Larsen talks with pilot Tom “Dubes” Dubrouillet ... ... and holds the hose during fill-up of the planes' oil tank. Emily M. Ritt, with Len “Leggs” Leggette Several Penn College aviation students volunteered to assist the Lycoming County Rotary Clubs with this year’s "Balloonfest, Air Show &  So Much More," held Saturday at the Hughesville Fairgrounds.

'Healthy Wildcats' 14 members stronger Fourteen Penn College students were trained as “Healthy Wildcats” at the Morgan Valley Retreat Center in Nippenose Township on Saturday.

College connections abound in CTL cast A faculty member, two alumni and a current Penn College student are among the cast members of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," Stephen Sondheim's Tony-winning musical farce, opening this week at the Community Theatre League at 100 W. Third St.