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Over the past weekend, a team of 10 cadets from Penn College, Lycoming College, and Bucknell, Bloomsburg and Susquehanna universities represented the Bison Battalion Army ROTC Program in this year's Second Freedom Brigade Ranger Challenge.

Students enjoyed a hauntingly happy Halloween Candy "Boo-fay" in Penn's Inn on Tuesday, a free event hosted by Dining Services. Spooky servings of root beer-flavored worms, gummy eyeballs and candy spiders highlighted the second annual frightfest, as well as favorites such as Skittles, M&M's and Smarties.

Students from Penn College's School of Hospitality celebrated the Williamsport Growers Market "Customer Appreciation Day" in typical hands-on fashion Saturday, carving pumpkins in a pre-Halloween competition and plating a variety of treats for hungry patrons at the downtown venue.

A new exhibit of photographs opened in the Bookmarks in the Madigan Library. The photographs are part of the student work completed for the Commercial Photography course taught by Gary R. DiPalma, assistant professor of graphic design,in the Spring 2011 semester. Photographs were taken in four basic subject areas: fashion/portrait, food, product and architecture.

More than 160 employers were on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus and at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Oct. 18, recruiting for nearly 1,900 full-time jobs, part-time positions and internships at the Career Fair. Greatly adding to the experience was the presence of blue-ribboned alumni, returning to Penn College on behalf of their postgraduate employers.

A group of students in Penn College's industrial and human factors design major found creative inspiration in the beautiful countryside at Rock Run this week. Students in the four-year major, offered through the college's School of Integrated Studies, focus on blending creativity, art and technology into product and system design.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office has selected its " ... of the Month" honorees for September. RA of the MonthEmily Carella, a residential construction technology and management major from Hawley, was chosen as Resident Assistant of the Month. "This RA has done a great job of building community with the residents of Hyner View this semester," staff said.

Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a pumpkin-carving demonstration competition-style and serve food samples made with fresh, local ingredients during "Customer Appreciation Day" at the Williamsport Outdoor Growers Market on Oct. 22. Students enrolled in the college's Catering course will offer cooking demonstrations and samples beginning at 8 a.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held a special Countdown to the Centennial homecoming from Oct. 6-9, a "Were You There?" celebration of the many milestones from its Williamsport Technical Institute roots through its transition into Williamsport Area Community College and its eventual growth into today's exciting home of "degrees that work."

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.