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A CH-47F Chinook helicopter made two landings on the Madigan Library lawn Friday, picking up Penn College's Army ROTC cadets – and other members of the Lock Haven University-based Bald Eagle Battalion – for a field training exercise in Tioga County.

Human services students at Pennsylvania College of Technology are inviting the campus community and the public to attend “PCT HOPE,” a unique opioid awareness event to be held Saturday, Nov. 10, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. in Penn’s Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology information technology students enhanced their education and future career prospects by attending the recent COMMON Fall Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh. The students participated in sessions covering a variety of IT topics, networked with industry professionals and obtained COMMON certification.

Alexis I. Ashby, enrolled in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Nursing & Health Sciences, has been selected as the October “Student of the Month.” A resident of Williamsport, Ashby earned an associate degree in surgical technology in August.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students are set to return to the famed Churchill Downs racetrack, where they will work alongside celebrity chefs to feed guests of horse racing’s prestigious Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Sixteen students in the college’s baking and pastry arts, culinary arts and hospitality management majors will leave campus Oct.

Built Environment Scholars tour LDG's Williamsport headquarters ... ... getting a real-world feel for their eventual careers. The School of Construction & Design Technologies' second-year cohort of Built Environment Scholars visited Larson Design Group on Tuesday. The 14 students – accompanied by Carol A. Lugg, dean, and Naim N.

Zimmerman leads the discussion of Barry's acclaimed book ... ... which he said lends "a human face to what occurred in Ireland in World War I." Chappo, assistant professor of history/history of technology, listens to a guest's observation.

Approximately 600 students from high schools across the state attended Career Day on Thursday, trying their hands at Penn College’s “degrees that work.” Faculty, staff and several students, giving up time from the Fall Break, provided 34 options for tours, demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Penn College's Bachelor of Science Nursing Honor Society, in collaboration with UPMC Susquehanna and the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, recently hosted a “Sip and Snap” event for young nursing professionals at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.

Thanks to a new two-day format, a record number of employers recruited Pennsylvania College of Technology students during the school’s Fall Career Fair. More than 300 employers – representing all economic sectors and 16 Fortune 500 companies – visited campus, offering more than 3,000 job and internship opportunities.