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The Lumley Aviation Center proved to be a popular venue for Friday's 17th annual reunion for graduates of Williamsport Technical Institute, a Penn College predecessor from 1941-65. Alumni and their guests, totaling about 75 attendees, enjoyed swapping stories, savoring lunch and listening to remarks by President Davie Jane Gilmour.

Author and Penn College colloquium speaker Rick Bass. Photo courtesy of Lowry Bass From the Spring 2017 Penn College Magazine: Author Rick Bass, an activist who spoke during the college’s Technology & Society Colloquia Series, encourages young people to stand up for the environment and communities they cherish. Read "Moral Code."

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently competed in the 16th annual Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen’s Meet, charting Top Four performances in nine of the day’s events.

A record number of Pennsylvania College of Technology summer camps, including four new offerings, will allow adventurous young women and men to explore the hands-on careers represented by the institution’s eclectic “degrees that work.” Students entering grades nine to 12 at the time of participation are eligible for an annual Summer Camp Scholarship to attend Penn College.

Eric P. Schmidt was amazed at the possibilities the first time he saw Penn College. "Being in high school, I remember it was pretty amazing because it's a beautiful campus," Schmidt recalls in a new video on the college's YouTube channel.

Gwendolyn M. Wagner (left) and Katherine L. Mertes (right foreground), both interviewed for broadcast – work with classmates at Calvary Baptist Church. Proudly exhibiting their community service are (front row) Mason M. Miller, of Chambersburg, and Luse; (middle row) Nicholas J. Hufnagle, Williamsport; Mertes, Williamsport; Alexander J. Kosylo, Pittsburgh; William M.

Surveying technology faculty and students were among those attending a recent dinner meeting of the Susquehanna Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. Front row (from left): Colton L. Copenhaver, McClure; Madison L. Carts, State College; and Dustin M. Houck, Petersburg. Back row (from left): Mark A. Valchar, Petersburg; Brock L. Gosling, Denver; faculty member Eric D.

Penn College prepared Balzer for a wide range of opportunities, including design of Tech-Zone's flagship store in Charlotte, N.C. A morning panel offers pointers on such student issues as gaining trust from a first employer and architects' pet peeves about working with general contractors.

Two graduates who work as educators in Harrisburg returned to their alma mater recently as Pennsylvania College of Technology’s 2017 Alumni Sweethearts. Robert A. and Megan L.

For more than 100 years, Pennsylvania College of Technology and its predecessors have tailored their curricular offerings to students’ dreams and employers’ needs. That responsiveness to businesses and their future employees – and the flexibility to foresee tomorrow’s jobs – will be on ample display at the college’s April 1 Open House.