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Four Pennsylvania College of Technology welding students advanced to the SkillsUSA National Championships by winning state titles yesterday in competitions conducted at the college. The three-person Penn College fabrication team – Clayton J. Fegley, of McClure; Sam R. Laudenslager, of Middleburg; and Tyler C. Martin, of Selinsgrove – and Liam W. Patton, of Apollo, secured spots at nationals with first-place showings.

The EQT Foundation has awarded $40,000 in grant funding to support two Pennsylvania College of Technology educational programs benefitting students in grades K-12. STEMFest, a hands-on engagement day celebrating engineering and technical careers, and the Community Arts Center’s Educational Series, providing annual arts programming and classroom resources, will each receive $20,000, thanks to the generous award.

WNEP-TV reported on today’s Penn College Regional Anatomage Tournament, which brought 20 teams from 12 Pennsylvania high schools to campus to test their anatomy skills. The local ABC affiliate interviewed the college’s Elizabeth S. Gizenski, director of surgical technology, as well as an Anatomage representative and a student from Benton High School.

Twenty teams from 12 high schools are set to gather at Pennsylvania College of Technology on March 6 to test their anatomy knowledge using a unique learning technology from Anatomage Inc. In addition to challenging the competitors’ knowledge of anatomical structures, the Anatomage Tournament will provide participants with hands-on experience using Anatomage Table 3D technology.

Penn College hosted more than 350 students on campus during the semester’s first two Dual Enrollment Student Visit Days. The students – who are taking Penn College classes at their high school or career and technical education center – got a look at the labs where their on-campus counterparts study. “I love this place already,” said a York County School of Technology student touring the college’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning labs.

The Community Arts Center has received a $2,500 donation from Fulton Bank as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. “Fulton Bank is proud to support the educational initiatives at the Community Arts Center through the EITC program,” shared Leslie Temple, senior vice president market leader/business development, Fulton Bank.

Penn College Athletics recently hosted its 10th National Girls & Women in Sports Day clinic. Over 60 young participants signed up for this year’s event and had the opportunity to participate in five of the college’s women’s sports: basketball, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.

Community Arts Center is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000 donation from First Citizens Community Bank as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program.

The Community Arts Center is pleased to announce it is the recipient of $5,000 from the PPL Foundation through the Energizing Education grant. The contribution will be used to support the Educational Series programming at the theatre.

Connecting the next generation of diesel technicians with their future mentors and employers, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s fourth annual Diesel Technology Competition hosted 24 participants from 13 career and technical education centers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut.