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The traditional end-of-the-year showcase of final projects by students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business & Hospitality was held Friday in the Thompson Professional Development Center’s Mountain Laurel Room, from hors d’oeuvres and ice sculptures to desserts, cakes and the always-anticipated chocolate houses auctioned to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity.

Recognizing Pennsylvania College of Technology among its core partners for educating the next generation of construction managers, one of the largest general contractors in the United States has donated a piece of job-site technology to the institution.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 21, for the nearly 300 students who have petitioned to graduate at the end of the Fall 2013 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport.

Thirty-three student organizations and five Penn College offices share their big-hearted holiday wishes, appropriately delivered on larger-than-life wooden cards installed on the campus mall. The cards, many of them decorated during a festive annual gathering in the General Services warehouse, were lighted in a traditional ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its annual chocolate house auction on Friday, Dec. 6, to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. Eleven chocolate houses, ranging from log cabins and Christmas cottages to reindeer stables and Willy Wonka’s house, will be sold in silent auction at the School of Business & Hospitality’s annual Food Show.

Cross-country senior Edward S. Knyff joins his parents and coach David J. Mendez during Monday's Senior Night in Bardo Gym. The Penn College cross-country team honored graduating senior Edward S. Knyff during halftime of the Wildcat men’s basketball game Monday night.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Robert and Maureen Dunham Children’s Learning Center was approved for four years of federal grant funding to help provide child-care access to parents pursuing higher education at the college. Generally referred to as a “CCAMPIS” grant, which stands for “Child Care Access Means Parents in School,” the funding comes from the U.S.

Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Reppert is a member and secretary of the Students Making a Contribution organization, a student mentor and a part-time employee at the college's Madigan Library. Bethany M. Reppert “Bethany meets all the criteria for Student of the Month.

Smiles greet registrants inside the Student and Administrative Services Center. Walkers, runners and – thanks to bells that were handed out at registration – "jinglers" pledge their participation. And they're off! Susquehanna Health's Timothy E. Schoener offers words of encouragement. Shirtless despite the cold, physical fitness specialist major Eric S. Ross, of Orwigsburg, finishes the race.

Kelvin A. Ortiz painstakingly applies clearcoat in a CAL paint bay Friday. Awaiting the next step in its makeover, a repainted Lincoln catches the Monday sun while curing. With a steady hand, student Idriss Diamaye applies a finish coat.