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Matthew A. Wagner, a building science and sustainable design: architectural technology concentration major from Selinsgrove, welcomes guests as the Student Activities event assistant. A sensory exercise Chef Paul E. Mach (right) shares his mealtime expertise.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will display their “Spring Wedding”-themed cakes during a competition at the college on March 7. Students spend about 18 hours of class time on their three-tiered cakes. Each is covered with fondant, donated by the competition’s sponsor, CalJava International.

Four new programs in dynamic career fields – mechatronics, emergency management, applied technology and magnetic resonance imaging – will soon complement the list of more than 100 academic majors offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Savory dishes and sinister doings were on the menu for Saturday's sold-out Murder Mystery Dinner, held in the Mountain Laurel Room of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Thompson Professional Development Center. Chef Mike Ditchfield and his student managers – Kyle Madison, Steve Malizia and Zack Mausteller – handled the culinary portion of the evening ...

Jason Hopple answers students' questions. Jason Hopple, who received a degree in hospitality management from Penn College in 2000, returned to speak with students in Introduction to Hospitality courses on Monday. Hopple is beverage director for North End Grill, an American bar and grill in Manhattan.

Jason Hopple answers students' questions. Jason Hopple, who received a degree in hospitality management from Penn College in 2000, returned to speak with students in Introduction to Hospitality courses on Monday. Hopple is beverage director for North End Grill, an American bar and grill in Manhattan.

Students supplement classroom assignments with museum field trip. Thirty-two Penn College students and guests traveled Saturday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. They were accompanied by Malinda C. Love, assistant director of student activities for diversity and cultural life, and Tom A. Zimmerman, associate professor of psychology (who also provided the photo).

Of growing interest Word of Penn College's hydroculture greenhouse, a collaborative initiative based at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood, is traveling throughout the United States. In addition to the college's own coverage, a recent article by Williamsport Sun-Gazette reporter Joseph Stender was distributed nationally by The Associated Press.

Camaraderie beyond the classroom At left, Daniel W. Yoas, among the supportive faculty members on hand, and Taylor R. Lapointe, an information technology: information assurance and security concentration major from Pelham, N.H. and Resident Assistant for the living-learning community Thumbs-up for the chow-down Faculty member Lisa R. Bock joins in the fun.

Emily C. Bigger, of Trout Run, is the first among a series of graphic design students to exhibit their art/photography work at the Community Arts Center on First Friday. She is showing selected photographs from the Fine Art Photography course in the arts center's Collegetown Gallery, 220 W. Fourth St.