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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.

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.