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Fifteen members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Club volunteered their time recently at Camp Emerge, a weekend camp for families touched by autism. During their time at the camp, held at Camp Victory in Millville, each volunteer was placed with a family.

Dinner attendees choose from a variety of tasty options. Enticing pork tamales Recipe winner Ryan A. Gibson joins colleagues Ally T. Monborne (center), a baking and pastry arts student from Lancaster, and graphic design major Morgan N. Keyser, of Cogan Station. A savory sample Guitarist Juan Alonzo entertains the crowd.

Members of the student organization install plants at the VFW post. Beautifying Post 844 are (front row, from left) Bower; Seth W. Strickland, Telford; Matthew D. Schaeffer, Oley; Justin M. Rinehimer, Mountain Top; Tiffany E. Griffie, Newville; Todd A. Grace, Alburtis; and Ryan Rousseau, Pipersville; and (back row, from left) Zachary M. Meling, Hawley; Robert A. Burger, Millersburg; Edward T.

An instructive and inspiring Homecoming An architectural technology alumnus returned to Penn College for Homecoming Weekend and, while on campus, spoke with first-year students in his former major and served as a guest juror for upper-level students in building science and sustainable design. Michael A.

Sunrise spectacle Wednesday's fiery sunrise provided a seasonal reminder that not all of fall's color is in the foliage; the vivid sky show caught the eye of many on campus and during the morning commute – including President Davie Jane Gilmour, who savored the moment in this cell-phone photo from her office window.

Living-Learning Communities converge in "combat." Members of the Automotive, Information Technology, Hospitality, Health Sciences and Leadership Living-Learning Communities participated in a weekend afternoon of fun combat at the Roundtop Mountain Resort paintball facility in Lewisberry. "The weather was great and everyone enjoyed themselves on the various courses," said Eric D.

A gorgeous autumn weekend set the stage for a variety of Homecoming events – a year after the institution's Centennial, but no less celebratory of "Our Proud Penn College Days." – Photos by Caleb G. Schirmer, student photographer; Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor; Jennifer A. Cline, writer/editor-One College Avenue; Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist/photographer; Dalaney T.

Aglow with altruism The 2015-16 executive board of Penn College Benefiting THON ... ... launches a lantern with hands-on teamwork. Kelsey J. Maneval (foreground), a nursing major from McAlisterville and vice president of Penn College Benefiting THON, with roommate Jenna F.

Naim N. Jabbour, assistant professor of architectural technology, tells his Penn's Inn audience about the three-credit "Sustainable Building and Design" study-abroad program to Europe and the U.K. Among attendees are Torsten Matzke (left), exchange and study abroad officer at Scotland's Abertay University, and visiting Scottish student James T. Hemmings.

Jennifer (left) and Emily Myers, of Catawissa, make it a family affair. Calah D. Doyka (110), a dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration student from Mercersburg, joins Jennifer Doyka (109), of Mercersburg, and Alicia Sebeck, of Morris, N.Y. Working race check-in are Daniele A. Hebert (left), of Mechanicsburg, enrolled in pre-surgical technology, and April M.