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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley was among those attending a gathering of the Governor's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission on Penn College's main campus Tuesday evening. The lieutenant governor chairs the commission, which assembled in the Thompson Professional Development Center for dinner, panel presentation, question-and-answer session and group discussion.

A gallery talk and Meet the Artist Reception on Thursday officially opened "Floreal Stratum," a display of textile art by Meredith Setser, in The Gallery at Penn College. Setser's work features large installations primarily composed of handmade and industrial felts printed with traditional processes, such as etching, relief and screen printing.

A Loyalsock Township High School senior who has been active in community service projects throughout her high school years is the 2011 recipient of the Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology. A selection committee chose Niesha J. Williams to receive this year's award for the scholarship named in memory of the late wife of former state Sen. Roger A.

Penn College welcomed 250 high school students from the 23rd Senatorial District's five counties Thursday, as state Sen. Gene Yaw held his annual Student Government Seminar on campus. The full-day event, begun 26 years ago by Yaw's predecessor, state Sen. Roger A.

More than two dozen high school sophomores and juniors graduated recently from the Pennsylvania College of Technology Youth Leadership Program, a series of team-building exercises and other activities designed to improve communication and build character among select area teenagers.

"Boomtown Williamsport," a live "State of Pennsylvania" town meeting about the transformative andcontentious issue of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale play, will be broadcast live from Penn College at 7 p.m. Thursday on WVIA.

About 1,015 seventh-, eighth- and ninth-grade students from 11 schools and one home school participated in hands-on activities across campus Monday during Outreach for K-12’s semi-annual Career Day. Originally scheduled for March but postponed due to snow, the day offers younger students the opportunity to see a college campus while learning about a wide variety of careers.

Spring Commencement exercises were held May 13-14 at Williamsport's Community Arts Center for nearly 950 students graduating from Pennsylvania College of Technology. Friday's 3 p.m. ceremony celebrated students from the schools of Construction and Design Technologies, and Health Sciences; the 10 a.m.

WBRE aired a segment Thursday evening about this weekend's "Trash to Treasure" sale in Penn College's Field House. Stef Davis, the NBC affiliate's Williamsport bureau chief, prepared the piece about the yard sale, which will be held from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Floreal Stratum," a collection of textile art by Meredith Setser, from May 19 to June 26. Setser's work features large installations primarily composed of handmade and industrial felts printed with traditional processes, such as etching, relief and screen printing.