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Eight first-place winners from Pennsylvania College of Technology have advanced to the 51st annual National SkillsUSA Conference, to be held from June 22-26 in Kentucky. Five other students from the college finished in the top four places in a variety of categories during the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held April 8-10 in Hershey.

A campus organization at Pennsylvania College of Technology is putting its money where its classmates are, starting a scholarship fund to help construction students meet the costs of their education.

Anthony J. DiBucci (left) starts work March 31 with building construction instructor Glenn R. Luse. Construction continues alongside a sign explaining the Centennial commemoration. Ciaran E. Cahalane (left) and DiBucci lay another course of block. Brett D. Aldinger wields a sponge for a cleaner look. Luse adds his craftsman's finishing touches in readiness for Monday's event.

Aerial images captured by Pennsylvania College of Technology student Maxwell A. Davert are on display in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library, through April 23.

A common interest in the construction industry prompts an informal gathering ... ... of students, employers and faculty in a PCCA-sponsored event in Penn's Inn. The Penn College Construction Association expanded its opportunity to interact with potential employers with an invitation to remain on campus for a social event following this week's Career Fair.

A middle-schooler feels the weight of a sledgehammer as Harry W. Hintz, instructor of construction technology, shows the group several tools of the concrete masonry trade, including … … a diamond-tip saw … … and a float. Participants watch as concrete tumbles in a mixer. A youngster shovels green concrete to fill a paver mold.

Charitable construction students and supportive faculty, representing Penn College's active PCCA chapter, mingle at the fundraiser. Back row, from left, are Vincent S. DelMonte, of Berlin, N.J., and instructors Barney A. Kahn IV and Richard M. Sarginger. Seated, from left, are students Mark A. Lapszynski, of Kennett Square, and Michael J. Leventhal, of King of Prussia.

Penn College's exciting two- and four-year majors were on display throughout the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg (Jan. 10-17), where representatives of the Admissions Office and the college's six academic schools entertained, educated – and even fed – the throng attending the traditional agricultural expo. – Photos by admissions representatives Sarah R. Shott, Sean M. Stout and Caleb J.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Dec. 20, for the nearly 290 Pennsylvania College of Technology students who have petitioned to graduate after the Fall 2014 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport.

Jeff Erdly, CEO of Masonry Preservation Services Inc. and a 1972 engineering drafting graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor Williamsport Area Community College, has endowed a second scholarship at the college.