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As international grown-ups compete in London, the young athletes at the Dunham Children’s Learning Center spent the week enjoying their own Olympics, starting with a torch run on Monday and continuing with events such as water ballet, target practice with paint-filled spray bottles, relay races and beanbag throwing – and even medal awards! — Photos by various Children's Learning Center staff

Thirty high school students took part in “‘Designing a Digital Future’ Career Camp,” presented for the first time over the summer by Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business and Computer Technologies.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, for the more than 230 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology after the college’s summer sessions. The Summer Commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the ceremony will be Brandy L.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center offered three national seminars and hands-on workshops in June. The PIRC, formerly the Plastics Manufacturing Center, provided seminars in rotational molding, thermoforming and extrusion, all led by world-class instructors. Christopher J.

A near-perfect day of weather greeted the 41 golfers in last week's School of Natural Resources Management Scholarship Golf Invitational. The fairways of White Deer Golf Course were an excellent venue for the July 11 scholarship fundraiser, at which 13 golfers displayed their Wildcat pride as Pennsylvania College of Technology employees.

"Terra Incognita," featuring the astounding contributions of five mosaic artists prospecting through heretofore unknown lands, has officially begun its six-week run at The Gallery at Penn College. A "Meet the Artist" reception and gallery talk were held Thursday on the third floor of Madigan Library, amplifying the public chorus of amazement that has greeted the exhibit since its July 10 opening.

Stephen C. Roberts, industry education coordinator at American Honda Motor Co. Inc., welcomes attendees to the Thompson Professional Development Center and previews the week ahead. Instructor Charles F. Probst (in foreground) conducts a demonstration of fuel and emission training, a springboard for discussion of establishing capstone activities for graduating students.

Instructor Dave R. Cotner opens his guests' eyes to employment opportunities and high earning potential for welders. With some of the college's fleet of construction vehicles as a backdrop, Seth J. Welshans, laboratory assistant for diesel equipment technology, walks the group through the riverside heavy equipment training site. Guided by Carol A.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Terra Incognita," an exhibit by five award-winning mosaic artists, from July 10 to Aug. 26. The exhibit features the works of JeanAnn Dabb, Karen Kettering Dimit, Cynthia Fisher, Yulia Hanansen and Rachel Sager Lynch.

Shelby M. Fischer, Penn College student and PIRC research assistant, conducts a Differential Scanning Calorimetry demonstration in the Materials Testing Lab. Christopher J. Gagliano, program manager of the Thermoforming Center of Excellence, demonstrates the process for participants. Roger Kipp, vice president of marketing and engineering for McClarin Plastics Inc.