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More than 900 high schoolers, hailing from 28 school districts, spent Thursday on campus for the College Transitions Office’s Career Day. Faculty and students from all six of the college’s academic schools and all three campuses spent their Fall Break day off providing close to 50 career-exploration sessions for the visitors, exposing them to dozens of the college’s “degrees that work” offerings.

Famed '80s philosopher Ferris Bueller once cautioned, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Luckily for the Penn College community, student photographers are on hand to attend many of the events that fill the campus calendar throughout the academic year.

Giveaways share messages of advocacy, awareness Staffing a table in the Hager Lifelong Education Center are (from left) Community Peer Educators Maepearl S. St. George, of Bellefonte, and Samuel J. Pham, of Camp Hill; and PC Alliance members Abigail K. Leise, of Williamsport; Julieta W. Hernandez, of Mechanicsburg; and Samantha R. Labate, of Williamsport.

Newswatch 16's Kristina Papa visited Penn College's Athletic Field for student-athletes' perspective on the U.S. Men’s National Team's loss to Trinidad and Tobago and attendant failure to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 31 years. Papa spoke with Randy S. Vance, of Greenwood Lake, New York, and Taylor C.

Wildcat women and their Elmira College counterparts form a pink ribbon in the stands Tuesday evening. The Penn College women's volleyball team, as well as its Elmira College opponents in Tuesday's match, joined in a Bardo Gymnasium observance of the annual “Pink Out” for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Suicide is the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States, yet it is preventable. More than 250 participants from throughout Lycoming County are expected for the annual Out of the Darkness Greater Lycoming Walk at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Registration begins at 4 p.m.

A recent weeklong initiative by Pennsylvania College of Technology students and employees turned retired cafeteria trays into platforms for the most successful campaign yet to benefit the on-campus food pantry. The Cupboard, opened in September 2016 adjacent to the CC Commons dining unit, has seen a 30-percent increase in usage by students this fall.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has much to celebrate during 2017’s National Physician Assistant Week. An initiative of the American Academy of PAs, National PA Week takes place Oct. 6-12 each year.

Penn College’s second annual Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend had a little something for everyone – and a whole lotta something for those getting reacquainted with their favorite students and/or former classmates!

Penn College is promoting versatile manufacturing skills with a new associate degree in metal fabrication technology. The unique, two-year program provides students with foundational skills in machining and welding, which prepares them for a variety of rewarding manufacturing careers. "One reoccuring theme that I heard from students when I was in welding was they wanted to learn how to machine.