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ICC Two groups of Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently on hand when the School of Construction & Design Technologies was honored by the International Code Council for participation in the Certification of Achievement program, which puts a recognized career-building tool into the hands of construction-related majors. Students in Harry W.

Students from Lycoming Career and Technology Center gather in the Field House ... ... where competitors awaited the results of the day's competition. Hundreds of guests got a taste of the distinctive Penn College experience last week, as main campus hosted SkillsUSA District 6 secondary competition in more than 50 occupational areas.

John M. Arrigonie, lab supervisor for exercise science, and artist Lindsey Martin pause in front of the in-progress mural, which was completed between Finals Week and Winter Break. With her own sketch to guide her, Martin adds wisps of color to a previously blank wall. The finished mural provides a virtual destination for cycling students.

Kayla D. Wilson is ecstatic about the automotive technology: Mopar CAP emphasis associate-degree major, which combines her personal education style with her professional goals. "I like to learn how to do things with my hands because I can learn better doing it that way," said Wilson, who alternates between Penn College and a paid internship at Griffin Motors in her Meadville hometown.

This week's Yell(ow) It Out observance, held during a basketball doubleheader in Bardo Gymnasium, once again put a public face on a too-often-private issue. A collaboration of Community and Commuter Assistants, Resident Assistants, Greek Life and student-athletes, the evening focused on the warning signs of suicide and Penn College's ongoing commitment to education and prevention.

A pair of teams comprising students from construction-related programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology admirably met the challenge of competition at the recent National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida.

The Construction Management Association, a student chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors of America, is hosting a Construction Safety Expo from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in the Bush Campus Center on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus in Williamsport.

Washington conducts a professional-development session in Penn's Inn, challenging those in higher education to engage one another in building community. At the consultant's direction, participants rise to shake hands with someone they didn't know well ... ... an exercise that was repeated that evening in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Jennifer I. Watson, coordinator of transfer initiatives, engages her audience at Tuesday's session. Students gather in the Thompson Professional Development Center along with presenters (from left at rear) Sal Vitko and Allison A. Bressler, assistant directors of student activities, and Watson. Tabletop questions offer a steppingstone to participation. Paul R.

Unselfish in their community commitment and undeterred by winter's chill, about 225 people participated in Monday's 10th annual Peace Walk to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King.