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About 20 seniors from Williamsport Area High School who plan to attend Penn College in the fall visited the campus. During their four-hour stop, they visited the Tutoring and Writing Centers, explored how to use the Student Information System, took a campus tour (including Dauphin Hall), ate in the Keystone Dining Room, and learned about the many resources available to them.

Close to 1,300 seventh- to ninth-graders and their chaperones attended Career Day, a semi-annual event presented May 14 by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Outreach for K-12 Office. College faculty and library volunteers offered more than 50 demonstrations, tours and hands-on activities for the visitors, who came from 17 schools in Lycoming and surrounding counties to explore careers.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held three commencement ceremonies at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport on May 11-12 for more than 960 students who petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2012 semester. At 3 p.m. Friday, the ceremony honored students from the schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, Integrated Studies, and Natural Resources Management.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Illuminations," an exhibit of works by Cathy Breslaw, from May 18 to June 28. Breslaw's work explores the possibilities of using familiar and accessible commercial materials to create art pieces that awaken the mind and spirit.

A recent exhibit at The Gallery at Penn College, coupled with the expertise of a Pennsylvania College of Technology physics professor, provided a fun, educational field trip for hundreds of area elementary and middle school students.

Student teams from three area secondary schools will share $1,000 to fund civic projects they proposed during Pennsylvania College of Technology's second annual Youth Leadership Program.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold three commencement ceremonies at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport on May 11-12 for the 962 students who have petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2012 semester. At 3 p.m.

Twenty senior students in the graphic design major are displaying the faculty-chosen best of their Penn College portfolios during the " Design: 2012 " exhibit on the third floor of the Madigan Library through May 11. A public reception for the exhibit which features posters, book covers, magazine spreads and logos was held Friday. Remarks were given by Gary R.

Two formerly separate spring traditions the Wildcat Events Board's WEBstock festival and the Off-Campus Housing Organization's block party were combined into one jam-packed, fun-filled, crowd-pleasing extravaganza Friday. The hybrid event, held along Vine Avenue on the north side of Penn College's campus, included music, free food, novelties and games.