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First baseman Colton Riley, an automotive technology student from Danville, sports the uniform worn for Tuesday's commemoration. Riley was 2-for-6 on the day, with two runs batted in. Teams and umpires honor America – and its servicemen and women – during "The Star-Spangled Banner." Bats were hot, with 19 Wildcat hits in the back-to-back wins.

Nearly all 27 members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s SkillsUSA team – 21 of them advancing to the 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky – earned medals during recent state competition.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students finished in the Top Three in their category during the 2018 Cake Extravaganza at the Atlantic Bakery Expo in Atlantic City. Jacqueline R. Dull, a baking and pastry arts student from Mohnton, received first place in the student tiered wedding cake category, and Taylor M.

Health information technology students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, who in the world of work will likely be tasked with arranging professional development opportunities for their employees, got that experience by orchestrating a Health Information Technology Seminar for other students. “It gives them a feel for how to set up a training,” said Daniel K.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students bested scores of schools at Baja SAE Maryland over the weekend. The Penn College team posted top 10 showings in three events, including the demanding four-hour endurance race. The competition attracts approximately 100 college and university teams from across the world, who design and build a dune-buggy-like vehicle to survive various performance tests.

The Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual Silent Auction on Friday, April 27, to benefit the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Fund. The auction will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on the first floor of Madigan Library.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology information technology student has earned accolades from COMMON, the world’s largest association of IBM and IBM-compatible information technology users. Joseph M. Dreese, of Millerstown, won COMMON’s 2018 Student Innovation Contest for his “Phishing with a License” project.

Three honor society chapters at Pennsylvania College of Technology held induction ceremonies this month. Many of the morning's student VIPs joined their co-advisers for an outdoor memento of their achievement. Phi Theta Kappa Eighty-nine students were admitted into the college’s Beta Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students in two-year majors.

A colorful Guatemalan scarf is displayed by David S. Banks, a surveying technology student from Williamsport. Banks said the trip was “a profound experience,” informing his career studies and cultural understanding. He has petitioned to graduate next month and plans to return in the fall to major in civil engineering technology. Elizabeth “Ellie” J.

Early birds who arrived at 10 p.m. Wednesday pulled an all-nighter – some did homework and two played the Settlers of Catan board game. (Two more had joined the group by 11, and many more bagan arriving at 8 a.m. Thursday). From left are Christopher D. Hogan, of Halifax, welding and fabrication engineering technology; Ryan S.