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Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold three commencement ceremonies May 15-16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for more than 900 students who are expected to graduate following the Spring 2015 semester. On Friday, May 15, at 3 p.m., a ceremony will be held for graduates from the School of Business & Hospitality and the School of Construction & Design Technologies.

Web and interactive media major Kristen E. Bowes, of Wayne, launches herself into the open air. Jon D. Wescott (foreground), director of residence life/judicial affairs, joins the fun. Frozen in time en route to a safe landing is Alexander C. McDonnell, of Brookhaven, enrolled in the business administration: marketing concentration. A picture-perfect day for the camaraderie of a cookout.

In a matter of days, students in hospitality majors produced two eye-popping events that showed off their food artistry.

Alexandra N. Brennan, a member of the Penn College soccer and softball teams, talks about the balance between athletics and academics. A dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration major from St. Clair, she was joined in Penn's Inn by Matt J. Blymier, assistant director of athletics/sports information director.

Horticulture alumni returning to Penn College as Field Day judges (from left): Tyler J. Fatzinger (2014), Cory M. Ferreri ('12), Nicholas B. Cramer ('08), Melissa D. Berrier-Cramer ('08), Jeremy L. Thorne ('13), Nicholas D. Foreman ('14), and Joseph D. Plummer ('97). Students in the hardscape competition prepare the base for brick pavers.

Kacie L. Weaver, an applied human services student from Harrisburg, shimmers under the ACC lights. Strikingly making the scene are Glendalis Guadarrama, a nursing major from Avondale, and Wilmer I. Chase, of Lancaster, enrolled in architectural technology. Nursing major Chesnya I. Cherulus, of Elmont, New York, lets loose her inner nerd.

Intimate and unexpected portraits of nature will fill The Gallery at Penn College for its next exhibit, “Sim-Biotic,” running March 17 through April 23. Spotlighting the works of photographer Robin Germany, the exhibition brings together three bodies of work representing the Texas artist’s investigations of the natural world as it reflects and deflects its human neighbors.

G. Patrick Butler, a 2007 computer information systems graduate now working for Amtrak in Philadelphia, recounts what attracted him to Penn College in the first place: the people, the personal interaction and the positive attitude of a clerk in the Wildcat Express convenience store. Sara H.

Daniel J. Doyle Proposals will be accepted until May 4 from faculty, staff and retirees interested in being considered as presenters for the Daniel J. Doyle Technology & Society Colloquia Series, opening in the Fall 2015 semester. Following the success of last year's Centennial Colloquia, President Davie Jane Gilmour announced that the ongoing series would be dedicated in honor of Daniel J.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty teamed with community volunteers on March 21 to treat 56 children as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association’s statewide Sealant Saturday initiative.