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A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for the nearly 300 Pennsylvania College of Technology students who have petitioned to graduate after the Fall 2016 semester. The student speaker for the ceremony, which begins at 11 a.m., will be Caleb E.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced the winners of its annual Food Show, held Dec. 2 to display the artful work of students in hospitality-related majors. The Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award was granted to Keegan D. Sonney, a baking and pastry arts student from Erie, for a festive “Flan in the Forest” plated dessert.

Gifts stand gathered for Thursday delivery to Salvation Army-arranged recipients. As they have for so many years, Penn College employees and students can take pride in knowing they made someone smile this holiday season. A total of 60 "someones," in fact – 60 youngsters, from infants to 12-year-olds – whose ornaments were pulled from The Giving Tree.

Paige E. Pearson, of Williamsburg, serves a slice of buche de Noel to Joann Ertel, whose father, Kenneth E. Carl, was director of Williamsport Technical Institute and president of Williamsport Area Community College, both forerunners of Penn College. Baking and pastry arts students show their gratitude on a centerpiece cake. (Photo by Becky J.

Mahaffey (left) joins her runway entourage: Samantha M. Via, Jasmin Vega, Meghan J. Herman and Alexandra Pyda. Pyda is a nursing major; the others are enrolled in industrial design. Thomas E. Ask, industrial design professor, and Via's mother, Rona, check out the "trashion" accessories. A voguish Vega strikes a pose ... ... and designer and model have fun with fashion.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Patissier – translated “the young pastry chef” – recently employed new visual branding, courtesy of a graphic design student’s senior project work. As a student, Breanne M.

The inquisitive, hard-working student faced a dilemma when pondering college. She possessed considerable artistic talent, yet loved to study people and the reasons behind their actions. Confronted with the career-path choice, she picked psychology over art and enrolled at a community college.

The Mountain Laurel Room makes a seamless transition into a dance floor. After the DJ dedicated a song to two people – one in the room and one not – aviation alumnus Ryan A. Gibson surprised graphic design student Morgan N. Keyser with a big entrance. Peter W. Van Hemert (left), a software development and information management major from Mechanicsburg, exults in the musical moment.

Timothy E. Duclos, of State College impresses the Bush Campus Center crowd. Classmates and others listen intently to student presentations. Josephina L. Bair, of Mill Hall, details her work with Dress Maker 2016. Penn's Inn offers intimate space, appropriately enhanced by technology.

With winter fast approaching, this splash of color by Katlyn J. Hackling, a culinary arts and system student from Williamsport, is most appreciated! Floral displays supplement ESC's natural surroundings. A "Hogarth Curve," designed by Cy C. Heller, of Milton, also a culinary major. In future years, students' arrangements will be displayed on main campus for many more to see and enjoy.