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Students in Peter Kruppenbacher's Construction Hand and Power Tools class recently built 10 picnic tables for the pavilion at the Energy Technology Education Center along Route 15. Student-built tables await delivery to ETEC pavilion.

A Bison Battalion team recently competed in the Ranger Challenge in Fort Dix, N.J., culminating a journey that began Sept. 1 as most students were still adjusting to the rhythm of college.

Radiography class holds "Pink Out" The Class of 2013 in Penn College's radiography majors, whose curriculum includes mammography, recently donned pink in traditional recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The students were asked to dress accordingly for test day in their Pediatrics class, earning bonus points for participating in a promotion so aligned with their field. Photo by Karen L.

Befitting the themed focus on campus leaders − those from earlier days and those who continue their student mentorship as employees and graduates − Penn College Homecoming 2012 was one to remember.

A rare moment of scorelessness Scrumming at the scrimmage line In an offense-heavy contest that helped kick off Penn College's 2012 Homecoming celebration Thursday night, a squad of upperclassmen decisively avenged last year's flag football loss to rival freshmen. The first-year students started out with the ball, picking up a first down on their very first play ...

Lacy M. Lose, an applied health studies: occupational therapy assistant concentration major from Avis – characterized as a "team player with a truly contagious smile" – has been chosen as the latest Student of the Month by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Lacy M.

Following up on a "Best Pizza" competition held in conjunction with Fall Fiesta, Penn College's community and commuter assistants – students who act as liaisons for their off-campus colleagues – presented a plaque and balloons Wednesday to the winner: Joe's Pizza, along nearby West Third Street.

Caitlyn Curley Sophomore Caitlyn Curley (Middletown) was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and Penn State University Athletic Conference women’s volleyball Setter of the Week for the period ending Oct. 7.  Curley was on point with her passing, totaling 83 assists (4.4 assists per set) on a 6-0 week for the Wildcats. The pre-nursing major added 21 kills and 22 digs.

Jonathan E. Harris, a computer aided product design major from Danville, takes steady aim. Brent K. Hey, of Chambersburg, majoring in residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration, intently prepares. Faculty member D. Robert Cooley demonstrates winning form – "like throwing a potato off the end of a fork" – for William P.

"Sea trials" for the floating box Test flight of a homemade kite With Adam J. Zapotok in command, the winning craft is pulled merrily along by a kite. The Society of Inventors and Mad Scientists, an assemblage of students in Penn College's industrial and human factors design major, held a kite-propelled boat race at Rose Valley Lake on Saturday.