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Elliott Strickland, chief student affairs officer – with daughter Emma and "Rusty," their Brittany – engages a student at Wednesday's event. A ground-level gathering surrounds "Maggie," an English bulldog owned by Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost (right). Ryan A. Gibson, an aviation technology major from Lansdale, fills his plate.

International flags decorate the Victorian House fence, welcoming visitors. Conversation and sunshine stream onto the Victorian House lawn. Attending to answers in a “human scavenger hunt,” offered to encourage mixing and mingling, are first-year students Kasandra L. Smoyer (left), a nursing major from Spring Mills, and Jessica T. Haynes, of Bethlehem, enrolled in culinary arts technology.

Penn College greeted new and returning students for the start of the Fall 2013 semester during Welcome Weekend, which provided a variety of opportunities for a transition into campus life after a busy summer: moving into on- and off-campus housing, participating in academic and social activities, and being introduced to student leaders, faculty and staff.

Penn College helped open the Little League World Series for the fifth straight year Wednesday, serving a picnic dinner to the 16 teams in competition before accompanying them to the Grand Slam Parade that formed near the main campus' northwestern boundary.

A program/coloring book with original artwork by presenters at this year’s Wildcat Comic Con will be among giveaways to the first 500 people to pre-register for the Sept. 28 event at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held a commencement ceremony Saturday for nearly 250 students who petitioned to graduate following the Summer 2013 semester. The student speaker for the 11 a.m. proceedings in the Community Arts Center was Katherine P.

Penn College faculty and staff were among exhibitors at the Williamsport Business Association's "Fun in the Sun Day" on Saturday.

Admissions representative Patrick McCabe talks with PFEW participants about “degrees that work” and campus life at Penn College. Students use their resources to answer a question posed by Anne K. Soucy, assistant dean of construction and design technologies, in the HVAC lab.

Admissions representative Caleb J. Swartz leads a tour group (toting commemorative backpacks) during Sunday's opening of Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week. Predicting a "life-changing week" ahead, President Davie Jane Gilmour welcomes teenage entrepreneurs to Penn College. Balloons bob and bounce in the day's gentle breeze outside the ACC. John J.

Women from the campus community are welcome to attend a free self-defense workshop, part of a Penn College student's internship at the James V. Brown Library, to be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 15-16 in the library's Lowry Theatre. The event was organized by Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, whose internship capstone involves presenting a program for adults.