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Comments from skilled-trades advocate Mike Rowe are included in a video newly added to Penn College's You Tube channel, documenting the institution's first-time participation at the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo in Washington, D.C.

Penn College student Scott D. Hubler, of Coplay, successfully completed the ARCA race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. The building automation technology major finished 24th out of 36 racers in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame 200. The 76-lap race was nationally televised on FOX Sports 1. The ARCA race was the second for Hubler.

Nine Pennsylvania College of Technology students from a variety of majors will compete at the National SkillsUSA Conference from June 23-28 in Kansas City, Mo., after winning gold medals at the state level.

A boy signals his satisfaction at sitting aboard heavy equipment at the college's ESC. Shane C. Somerville, of Centerville, who will graduate next month with a degree in forest technology, leads a sawmill tour. An ESC visitor finds shelter from the storm on a piece of Caterpillar machinery. Another soon-to-be graduate in forest technology, Nathan C.

One of the longest-running instructional programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology – and one of the oldest continuous automotive programs in the nation – celebrated its 100th anniversary Friday in the Parkes Automotive Technology Center.

President Gilmour welcomes the day's guests. Justin Shelinski (in sunglasses at center), a laboratory assistant at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center, mentors arborists-in-training outside the Field House.

Conductor Sandra Dackow leads the Hershey Symphony Orchestra, including timpanist Colin W. Williamson (right). The orchestra's role in the "Bridges to the Future" concert is noted on a poster outside. Williamson (behind the timpani at center background) joins his colleagues on stage in Carnegie Hall's 2,800-seat Isaac Stern Auditorium.

Instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. (in hat); Dorland Miller, president of the Lose Community Garden (left); and Seth J. Wyncoll, a landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis major from Kempton; clear twigs and other debris from a city landmark. Visible beyond the in-ground signage along Maynard Street, volunteers beautify the legacy of J. Roman Way.

Scott D. Hubler Penn College student and ARCA driver Scott D. Hubler will be a guest during Wednesday's "Trophy Michaels Show" on ESPN 92.3FM in Selinsgrove. The interview will air at 5:15 p.m.

The National Science Foundation is recognizing Pennsylvania College of Technology’s commitment to applied technology education with a $616,417 grant to benefit students.