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Children ages 8-14 enjoyed up to four weeks of Penn College's Camp ESCAPE this summer, gaining an appreciation of the sports world through cognitive and psychological development.Campers discovered new strengths through a variety of activities at the camp (an acronym for Enjoy Sports Camps at Penn College Everyone), taking pride in personal and group accomplishments, making friends, and having a

Penn College hosted its 10th annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 11-15. Thirty-six girls participated in the program, which is for young women entering ninth and 10th grades.

Penn College was the site recently of a Technology Leadership Workshop, presented free to educators through Siemens Industry Inc.'s Siemens Cooperates With Education program. The event attracted 15 educators from such local institutions as Bucknell University and Williamsport Area School District, as well as from colleges and universities in North Dakota, Michigan and Ohio.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Full Deck," a traveling exhibit of skateboard art, July 22-Sept. 22. "Full Deck" captures the dynamic art and style representative of skate culture from the 1960s to the present.

Saturday's scheduled International Brunch, part of Workforce Development & Continuing Education's "Creative Cuisine Series" featuring School of Hospitality faculty and staff, has been postponed due to a shortage of reservations.

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted nearly 50 high school students on its campus on June 16-17 to learn about a variety of health careers. The college's School of Health Sciences offered two activities: Health Careers Camp and EMT-Paramedic Camp, both of which were open to students entering grades nine to 12.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer the next presentation in its "Creative Cuisine Series" on July 10. The series features six cooking demonstrations by faculty and professional staff in the college's School of Hospitality. On July 10, Chef Charles R.

"August Blue," an assemblage sculpture by Edward E. Jonasen, won the Viewer's Choice Award at Sunday's conclusion of the invitational " Art of Education" exhibit in The Gallery at Penn College.

New students and their families attended Connections sessions in June and July, gaining a leisurely orientation to the Penn College campus before the hubbub of fall.

More than 140 prospective Penn College students and their guests participated in Friday's Senior Visit Day on main campus, the Admissions Office's newest recruitment event targeting high school students heading into their senior year.