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The Parkes Automotive Technology Center is transformed into a banquet space complete with autumnal and automotive accents. A mix of Le Jeune Chef Restaurant waitstaff and hospitality management students stand ready to serve authentic Oktoberfest fare. From left: Amber F. Buck, Jennifer A. Moyer, Denis V. Younken, Crystal L. Harker, Noeiris Pliego and Taylor M. Barrett.

A leaf-shrouded legacy invites passersby to sit a spell. Charitable high school classmates (from left) are Loretta Franzi, Geraldine Barnes, Harold Ingram, Kenneth Johnson and James Walbridge. A plaque commemorates the group's benevolence. Graphic design students Joseph N. Colyer, of Selinsgrove, and Felicia R. Hartzler, of Dover, stop by to greet and chat with the ’49 classmates.

A member of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors and his wife, an alumna of the legal assistant/paralegal studies program, have established a fully endowed scholarship at the college. The Steve and Mary Ann Johnson Scholarship will benefit students who are enrolled full time; have served in the U.S.

Building relationships on common ground Nine student development assistants are in the midst of a Penn College phonathon – calling alumni to learn about life after graduation, filling them in on the latest campus happenings and asking for support. "My goal is to educate and engage current students in the importance and impact of philanthropy at Penn College," said Becky J.

McDonald (left) joins two other original board members – George E. Logue Sr. (center) and William D. Davis Sr. – for the Penn College Foundation's 30th anniversary in 2011. Logue died the following year, Davis in 2014. Services will be announced for Peyton D. McDonald, 80, a founding member and former president of the Penn College Foundation, who died Thursday, Sept.

The excellence of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s welding program has been recognized by one of the world’s technology leaders in arc welding. Fronius USA LLC is generously entrusting equipment to support the education of welding students. Approximately 350 Penn College students will use the Fronius welding equipment during the 2016-17 academic year.

"PA Live!" Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, showed viewers how to make compressed melon salad on Monday’s edition of “PA Live!” on WBRE. She was joined in the demonstration by Christopher S. Kasler, a senior in the college’s culinary arts and systems major.

The Penn College family's contributions to the new Trade & Transit Centre II (and its artistic sense of place) were unveiled at the facility's ribbon-cutting in downtown Williamsport on Friday morning. Brett T.

The intertwined histories of an employee-owned architectural engineering survey firm and a national leader in applied technology education have resulted in a new scholarship fund in honor of a company co-founder. In the midst of marking its 30th anniversary, Larson Design Group recently announced that it has begun fundraising for the Ken Larson Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A $1,000 grant toward the purchase of a new lumber-drying kiln chamber for forestry students at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been provided by the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association. The kiln will enhance the industry-standard curriculum for students in Penn College's two-year forest technology major.