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The Physical Therapist Assistant Recruitment Day, held recently in the atrium of the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, connected a number of employers with the Penn College talent they are seeking. The event was among 12 major-specific recruitment opportunities organized by Career Services during Spring 2025.

A group of industrial design students from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently toured Globus Medical, a leading orthopedic medical device company headquartered in Audubon. The students are enrolled in their major’s Medical Device Design class, taught by instructor Catherine A. Krawiec, a former employee of Globus Medical’s spine division.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been designated as an “Opportunity College and University” by the Carnegie Classifications, exemplifying how campuses can foster student success.

Wide-eyed youngsters at the Dunham Children’s Learning Center celebrated Earth Day by assisting Penn College General Services staff in planting a Bloomerang dark purple lilac tree. An additional arbor activity took place at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, with the planting a ginkgo tree.

Wide-eyed youngsters at the Dunham Children’s Learning Center celebrated Earth Day by assisting Penn College General Services staff in planting a Bloomerang dark purple lilac tree. An additional arbor activity took place at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, with the planting a ginkgo tree.

“In honor of Earth Day, faculty and staff volunteered their time to clean up litter and debris along the Lycoming Creek and Old Lycoming Bike Path (part of the Lycoming Creek Bikeway),” explained Mattie L. Pulizzi, manager of employee engagement and wellbeing. “In total, the group filled 11 garbage bags in under two hours!”

“In honor of Earth Day, faculty and staff volunteered their time to clean up litter and debris along the Lycoming Creek and Old Lycoming Bike Path (part of the Lycoming Creek Bikeway),” explained Mattie L. Pulizzi, manager of employee engagement and wellbeing. “In total, the group filled 11 garbage bags in under two hours!”

Several Penn College students showed their care for the local community by volunteering their time to support the Lycoming County SPCA's annual Paws Run. Sigma Pi fraternity, who has a tradition of helping with this event for the past several years, came out in full force with 20 brothers volunteering.

Following federal and state orders, the U.S. and Commonwealth flags at Pennsylvania College of Technology are flying at half-staff in honor of His Holiness Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday. Flags will be at half-staff until sunset on the date of interment, which has yet to be announced.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors has approved the hiring of Katie Bell – a marketing and communications professional with over 25 years of experience in corporate, economic-development and higher-education environments – as vice president for communications and marketing.