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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.

Joann L. Eichenlaub, the library's assistant director and leading force in the college's PA Forward ascendancy, displays the certificate of achievement. Star-shaped cookies and brownies were provided by Dining Services and enjoyed by students and employees ... ... including Shelley Bamonte, advertising/marketing assistant in Public Relations & Marketing.

Challengers mingle for group photo Vigorous competition on the hardwood The tale of the time clock An extramural basketball game against Lycoming College, held Monday in Penn College's Bardo Gymnasium, was an exciting back-and-forth contest with neither team leading by more than eight. "The game was really competitive and, between the two teams, 20 3-pointers were made," said Jeremy R.

Growing up less than 20 miles from main campus, Adam E. Reinard was well acquainted with Pennsylvania College of Technology as a regional resource featuring such highly regarded majors as plastics and nursing … but without one that immediately appealed to him.

Pennsylvania College of Technology dental hygiene students, joined by local hygienists and dentists who volunteered their time, provided free dental hygiene services to 29 current or veteran members of the armed services and their family members. The 35 students who provided “Service Saturday” treatments on April 14 are in the Community Dental Health course, taught by Kim A.