With abundant smiles easily cutting through the drizzle (and one of the most buoyantly boisterous crowds in memory), Pennsylvania College of Technology held its final commencement ceremony of 2013 Saturday for nearly 300 students who petitioned to graduate following the fall semester. The student speaker for the 11 a.m. proceedings in the Community Arts Center was Eric J.
A chocolate house made by Milton resident Ching Chan received the Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award in the annual Food Show at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Chan is a student in the college’s baking and pastry arts major.
Elizabeth A. Biddle, K-12 project manager, leads a roundtable talk on gender equity in STEM careers and the college’s SMART Girls program. David R. Cotner, dean of industrial, computing and engineering technologies, leads educators through the Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center; the group also toured the Machining Technologies Center.
Jeannette F. Carter, director of Outreach for K-12, discusses the opportunities for cooperation between industry and education. Robert A. Roush, of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corp., addresses the Workforce Investment Board's responsiveness to industry needs.
Elliott Strickland, chief student affairs officer (left) – and this year's "guest flipper" – forms a formidable team with Dining Services' Lee R. Whittington Sr. What's the perfect accompaniment to pancakes and ice cream? Fun and friends, of course! Popular event draws a full house J.D. Eicher provides the entertainment.
With SGA President Michael L. Spear and Student Activities' Malinda C. Love to her immediate right, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour shares the glow of the season. Light reflects off a foil cookie sheet on the Early Educators' entry, which won first prize among student organizations. Cookies, cocoa and cookies add to the festivities.
Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 21, for the nearly 300 students who have petitioned to graduate at the end of the Fall 2013 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport.
Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual chocolate house auction on Friday, Dec. 6, to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. Eleven chocolate houses, ranging from log cabins and Christmas cottages to reindeer stables and Willy Wonka’s house, will be sold in silent auction at the School of Business & Hospitality’s annual Food Show.
Smiles greet registrants inside the Student and Administrative Services Center. Walkers, runners and – thanks to bells that were handed out at registration – "jinglers" pledge their participation. And they're off! Susquehanna Health's Timothy E. Schoener offers words of encouragement. Shirtless despite the cold, physical fitness specialist major Eric S. Ross, of Orwigsburg, finishes the race.
Buoyed by a strong audience following – and a final act that incorporated the college mascot – a welding and fabrication engineering technology major rose from a fourth-place finish in the first round of "Penn College Star" to win the $500 top prize among six talented competitors at this week's finals. George W.
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