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Two employer information tables are planned this Thursday by Gettle Inc. and High Construction Co. Penn College students and alumni seeking employment or internships should step up to the table. And don't forget your resume!

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball team made Saturday as super as it was being billed by posting its first playoff win since 2010. As a result, the fourth-seeded Wildcats earned a shot at top-seeded Penn State Harrisburg at 5 p.m. on Monday in a United East Volt Division semifinal.

Fans of Penn College Athletics have a new and improved source for their information with the unveiling of a redesigned website on Feb. 14. The remodeled site features the same content that fans have enjoyed in the past, with more student-athlete-focused enhancements and a sleek, modern look.

For the first time since 2010, Pennsylvania College of Technology will have its men’s and women’s basketball teams in playoff action during the same season when they take to the court on Saturday as the United East Conference Volt Divisions playoffs begin. Seeded fourth, coach Geoff Hensley’s men will host fifth-seed Penn State Berks at 1 p.m. at Bardo Gymnasium. Coach Britni Mohney’s women are seeded sixth and will travel to No. 3 seeded Penn State Abington for a 2 p.m. game.

Eight students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's concrete science technology and residential construction technology & management majors expanded their horizons recently with a visit to World of Concrete, an international event dedicated to the concrete and masonry construction industries. The convention, held annually in Las Vegas, attracted 60,000 attendees to its 700,000 square feet of exhibit space and was featured on CBS "Sunday Morning" on Feb. 11.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men's lacrosse team opens its season at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Misericordia University in Dallas, and fourth-year coach Jordan Williams is ready for the challenge. "We’re in a really good spot. A lot of our core are juniors who have maturity and a little bit more composure. And we have a decent number of freshmen who we think are going to help us out. It’s just cool to have a majority of our team recruited," Williams said.

A $25,000 donation from TC Energy's Build Strong social impact program will help with construction of a racecourse for Baja-type vehicles participating in an international event to be hosted in May at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The donation will also fund materials and equipment for the college's welding program.

Automation students at Pennsylvania College of Technology are benefiting from a partnership with a leading innovator in the industrial software market. Inductive Automation has provided multiple licenses of its Ignition software for use at the college. Ignition is a platform for quickly building and developing industrial applications, including SCADA, HMI and IIoT. The value of the donation is over $750,000.

A busy Saturday saw 11 Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers place among the top four as first-time members in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. At the same time, the college’s basketball teams moved one game closer to their regular-season finales, which come on Tuesday. And, it all points to what will be a Super Saturday this coming week.

Penn College leads the way with four regionally ranked wrestlers heading into Saturday’s Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship. Action gets underway at 10 a.m. at Alfred State University.