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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.

The president and founder of a multicultural organizational development firm, a self-described "instrument of change," will be the keynote speaker as Pennsylvania College of Technology continues its Dream Week reflections on the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. "The Content of Our Character: Doing the Work to Live Out the Dream of Inclusion" will be presented at 7 p.m.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student is one of seven nationwide recipients of a scholarship from the Plastics Pioneers Association. The nonprofit, membership organization awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Logan A. Tate, of Williamsport, for his commitment to becoming a hands-on professional in the plastics industry as a technician or engineer. Logan A.

Johnathan T. Capps, an applied technology studies major from North Wales, poses that vital question during the second in a planned series of 30-second branding spots newly posted to the Penn College's YouTube channel. Thanks to degrees that work, Penn College students are empowered to be tomorrow's dreamers, pioneers and leaders.

Students in the Renewable Energy Technologies course are looking for homes in which to perform energy audits, identify energy-saving measures and recommend renewable systems. To qualify, a home must be a freestanding single-family dwelling. Students will come to the house and evaluate it as part of their course requirements.