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Andrew J. Wright, a web design and multimedia major from Mendham, N.J., shows off his Field House winnings. Students watch with interest to see where a contestant's Plinko chip lands. Tuesday's first Field House Frenzy invited Penn College students to the facility to see what the Intramural Department has to offer.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Madigan Library, will host “Urban Landscape,” an exhibit of sculptures by Rick Herzog, from Jan. 11 to Feb. 3.

Ceramics students craft handmade soup bowls for annual food-bank fundraiser. Fifty handmade bowls have been donated to the seventh annual Williamsport Soup and a Bowl event by students in David A. Stabley's Fall 2012 Ceramics I class. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank fundraiser, to be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Feb.

Penn College hosted 183 students and 126 guests during Saturday's Connections orientation program, welcoming new enrollees and their families prior to Monday's start of the Spring 2013 semester.

Frosty winds howled at the doors of the Community Arts Center on Dec. 22, but new Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates and their families were safe inside – bathed in the warmth of accomplishment.  The annual December commencement ceremony honored the approximate 300 students who petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2012 semester. The student speaker was Fadhil A.

Students in a human services class at Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted an event on campus in November that raised $2,968 for an international cause. Fourteen students, all enrolled in the course Community and Organizational Change, hosted a Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale, offering fair-trade handcrafted goods from around the world.

Two of Wednesday's stocking sleuths claim their winnings. Finders, keepers – students who located hidden stockings claimed prizes at the Field House. With "cache" in hand, another lucky searcher visits the Field House.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality served up another year-end display of fanciful final projects during the 2012 Food Show in the Thompson Professional Development Center’s Mountain Laurel Room – including local landmarks constructed of chocolate, auctioned to benefit Habitat for Humanity. – Photos by Jennifer A. Cline, writer/editor-One College Avenue

Students fill the Capitol Eatery for an end-of-semester tradition. The perfect "midnight" snack: pancakes and ice cream John Rush, who boasts a set list of more than 200 bands and 65 hours of unduplicated songs, performs for students. Massage therapists ease the tension of final exams. Friends gather for late-night stress relief.

Student's artwork on display through Dec. 16 Michele D. Lucas, who plans to graduate in May with degrees in graphic design and studio arts, is exhibiting her recent ceramics in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College (Madigan Library, third floor) through Dec. 16. A public reception to meet the artist will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.