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In a first for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s brewing & fermentation science major – a tasting session held in the Capitol Lounge of the Community Arts Center – preceded two days of technical capstone presentations. The gathering gave brewing alumni, supporters, future students, families and industry professionals the opportunity to savor the results of a solid year of learning by the major’s Class of 2023.

Awards were presented to noteworthy Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty and staff on May 11, among a number of long-established milestones as the 2022-23 academic year comes to a close. President Michael J. Reed celebrated the honorees during an all-college meeting, held in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium and livestreamed.

Applying what they’ve learned in the classroom, Pennsylvania College of Technology emergency management and paramedic students put their skills to the test this past weekend in the programs’ first on-campus simulated disaster incident.

When the Wildcat baseball team embarked Wednesday for the conference playoffs at Penn State Harrisburg, the bus was filled with teammates and coaches, focus and confidence ... and more than a dozen new Penn College alumni.

The institution’s earliest tinkerers and innovators returned to campus recently for the 20th annual Williamsport Technical Institute Reunion.

Culinary arts technology grad and current business administration student Melyce E. Kenyon, owner and operator of MK Bubble Drinks, visited with students in the Careers in Hospitality class, taught by Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts.

The graphic design major celebrated two significant campus events in recent days, with more than 200 people attending a reception for “Graphic Design 2023” and with nearly 100 high school students and teachers visiting Pennsylvania College of Technology for the inaugural Graphic Design Senior Project Exhibition.

Sophomores in instructor Daniel L. Brooks' Architectural Design Studio III course presented their final projects of the spring semester to industry professionals, faculty members, college personnel – and one another – during a Tuesday morning reception in Penn's Inn.

Students in the physical therapist assistant program spent part of Earth Day planting trees on the land of Paul Huffman, a 1987 graduate of Penn College forerunner Williamsport Area Community College.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold three commencement ceremonies May 12-13 for the nearly 775 students who have petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2023 semester.