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The Pennsylvania College of Technology contingent at the recent National SkillsUSA Conference in Kansas City, Mo., produced four medalists: two second-place finishers and two third-place winners. Earning silver medals were Robert T. Berrier Jr., of Lewistown, a computer aided product design major who competed in Technical Drafting; and Aaron C.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been awarded a $17,500 Alcohol Education Grant to address underage and dangerous drinking by college students.

Thirteen students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Natural Resources Management will receive financial assistance from the Caterpillar Foundation for the 2012-13 academic year. “The impact of Caterpillar Inc. on our students is far-reaching,” said Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management.

President Davie Jane Gilmour urged Saturday's graduates to transform the time spent and talents learned at Penn College into lives of lasting impact.

On a sunny and steamy –  but thankfully rain-free –  Saturday, Penn College held its August commencement ceremony for more than 230 students who petitioned to graduate after summer sessions. Brandy Leigh Krause, of Pine Grove, whose associate degree in radiography caps a college career marked by academic excellence, campus involvement and athletic accomplishment, was the student speaker.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its August 2012 graduates. A Summer Commencement ceremony was held Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are: President’s Award, presented for leadership and service to the college: Brandy Leigh Krause, Pine Grove, radiography.

More than 80 Pennsylvania College of Technology students are scheduled to help provide medical coverage at the 2012 Little League Baseball World Series, which runs from Aug. 16-26 in South Williamsport.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Aug. 4, for the more than 230 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology after the college’s summer sessions. The Summer Commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the ceremony will be Brandy L.

Bambi A. Hawkins, learning laboratory coordinator for Penn College's paramedic program, gives students an overview of various skills stations on the north side of campus. A student crew maneuvers an ambulance through traffic cones west of the Klump Academic Center.

Geisinger Health System's Life Flight helicopter makes its 8:30 a.m. landing on the Madigan Library lawn. From left, N. Kim Johnson, flight nurse and part-time practical nursing instructor at the college; pilot Mark Boudreau; and Rory Stubbs, a flight paramedic and 2002 Penn College graduate in paramedic technology, explain procedures unique to an emergency response by air.