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A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, for nearly 250 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology after the college’s summer sessions. The commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the ceremony will be Katherine P.

Research conducted by a Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus for his senior project was incorporated into a paper presented at a recent regional conference by a retired faculty member. The paper was presented by Asesh K. Das, who retired in August 2012 as a professor of computer science, and was written by him and Michael K.

Williamsport Technical Institute alumni assemble for a reunion photo. WTI graduates tour interior facilities with Mary A. Sullivan, ESC executive director and assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technology, and William E. Curry, a part-time member of the diesel equipment technology faculty.

One of the country's highest honors for wildfire prevention − named for one of its most recognizable public figures − has been presented to Paul M. Reier, a 34-year veteran of the Virginia Department of Forestry and a 1977 forest technology graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor Williamsport Area Community College.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced the 2013 inductees for its Athletics Hall of Fame. The class is the second to be inducted after being established in 2012 by Athletic Director Scott E. Kennell. “We have another great class of inductees,” Kennell said.

A recent Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate, who will continue studies toward a four-year degree in her chosen field, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association. Tiffany M.

George E. Logue, left, being cited as an outstanding alumnus of Williamsport Area Community College by Clyde E. Williamson, chairman of the board of trustees. George E. Logue Sr., joined by Peyton D. McDonald (left) and William D. Davis Sr. (right), was among the charter directors of the former Williamsport Area Community College Foundation honored upon the group's 30th anniversary in June 2011.

A recent Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate has been awarded one of seven $5,000 scholarships from the National Association of Oil and Energy Service Professionals, the second year in a row that he was chosen. Zachary R.

A Kylertown man who comes from a family with three generations of alumni has donated a Cessna 175C airplane to Pennsylvania College of Technology. Gary Gable, who graduated from Penn College forerunner Williamsport Area Community College with a certificate in electrical technology in 1974, donated the plane with co-owner Charles Michaelis.

Williamsport High School's Class of 1971 would be the last to graduate from what is now-Klump Academic Center, the oldest building on the Penn College campus (visible near the center of this vintage black-and-white photo).