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Three members of the full-time faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology were honored with teaching awards during commencement ceremonies held May 17-18 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. As part of the Distinguished Teaching Awards program, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour presented a Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award to Gerri F.

Students literally learn the ropes under the ever-watchful eye of their faculty "spotter, an assistant professor of human services/social science who is retiring in August after more than 25 years of teaching. Traversing the low ropes in a trust- and team-building challenge. Sure-footed sneakers A "family tree?" Mother Nature provides convenient support for twins Kelcie L. (left) and Kaitlyn A.

Dean Edward A. Henninger tells guests about Penn College's Student Managed Investment Fund, which uses real money to heighten students' appreciation of the risks and responsibilities involved in portfolio management. Visiting high school students enjoy a "fireside chat" with Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost.. Sun-Gazette editor David F.

Kathleen K. Hart, of Binghamton, N.Y., explains the site she designed for Gilmour Arts – and rebuilt from backup files when it was hacked shortly before her presentation. Cheryl Parker from the Western Region Positive Practices Committee presents student Alyssa S. DeLucca, of Collegeville, with flowers and a gift bag in appreciation of her work. With organization treasurer John M.

No soil? No problem for this garden! Fresh learning opportunities are growing at Penn College, thanks to a hydroculture garden that is serving the needs of landscape/horticulture majors.

Adam C. Swan Two-thirds of Susquehanna Health's Network Security Team: Penn College alumni Paul A. Roma Jr. (left), a 2008 graduate in information technology: information technology security specialist concentration, and James C. Walker, who graduated in 2011 with a degree in information technology: information assurance and security concentration. Paul C.

They're not playing games: Discovery Machine Inc. co-workers Todd W. Griffith (standing) and Colin Puskavitz talk with Penn College students about the military-training uses of video technology.

A record crowd of 134 guests attended Sunday's Grand Pastry Buffet, a scrumptious culmination of course work for baking and pastry arts seniors and an acknowledgement by scholarship recipients of the donors who have smoothed their road to a Penn College diploma.

"Design: 2013" presents eight works by each of the 15 exhibiting seniors. Crystal J. Broscious gets a kiss from Mary E. Szuhaj, who enjoyed seeing her granddaughter's artistic presentation. Paul R. Watson II, assistant dean of integrated studies-programs, addresses the gallery crowd and congratulates the graduating seniors on their talents and hard work.

In a field that included industry professionals, 10 students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business and Computer Technologies won the Hacker Battleship competition during a recent network security conference in Rochester, N.Y.