Despite the uncooperative weather conditions at the start of the semester, heavy construction equipment technology students were not hampered by rain. Students have been able to continue to maintain and improve their operating skill sets with the use of a second-generation Caterpillar Track-Type Tractor Simulator.
Ashley M. Stuck, an applied human services major from Lewistown, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's first Student of the Month for the Fall 2011 semester at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Fifteen preschoolers from Penn College's Children's Learning Center paid a visit to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday to help plant flower bulbs, play in the children's garden and take in a view of the pond. Students in horticulture instructor Carl J.
Phi Mu Delta and Kay Jewelers sold teddy bears and raffled a necklace on Tuesday, raising $800 for St. Jude Children's Hospital. The retailer and fraternity work closely with the hospital, which provides medical care to youngsters with no regard to a family's ability to pay, and collected its sizable donation in a matter of hours outside the Keystone Dining Room. Photos provided by Phi Mu Delta
Students in Campus View Apartments sponsored a community-service project Wednesday to help local residents uprooted by recent flooding. The latest in an outpouring of assistance from the Penn College community, the on-campus residents pitched in with different tasks throughout the day, including making "snack packs" and cooking chili.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students, employees and alumni as well as members of the general public are welcome to enter their vehicles in the annual Homecoming Car Show sponsored by the Student Government Association. This year's event, offering prizes in 12 categories, will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, on the college's main campus in Williamsport.
Parent & Family Weekend 2011 offered a variety of activities for Penn College students and their families, including social events, educational workshops, brunch with the president, performances by the Wildcat Dance Team and other entertainment, tethered balloon rides, and trolley tours of Williamsport.
Students in the Advanced Patisserie Operations class presented their first bake sale of the Fall 2011 semester Friday morning, a menu of "International Delights" that appropriately satisfied the senses. Student managers for the sale, held in Le Jeune Patissier (in the market area of the Carl Building Technologies Center) were Ana-Maria Grigore, Oksana M. Punako and Lauren G. Hammer.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office has announced its honorees for August/September. Dauphin Hall's Brent K. Hey was selected as Resident Assistant of the Month and Ashley G. Maietta, an RA in York Hall, was chosen Rising Star of the Month.
Penn College aviation students Alper B. Tan, Marc T. Kaylor, Jacob R. Tuck, Richard M. "Matt" Hause and Daniel A. Starr along with co-department head Thomas D. Inman provided ground support for air-show aircraft at last weekend's Lycoming County Rotary Clubs Festival 2011. The college was a "co-pilot sponsor" for the event, held at the Lycoming County Fairgrounds in Hughesville.
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