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With commencement barely a month away, Penn College's campus leaders recently brought the curtain down on another impressive year. The annual Student Activities Awards Banquet, held Wednesday in Penn's Inn, shone the spotlight on a number of deserving individuals and organizations, many of whom took home awards for academic achievement, philanthropy, community service and mentorship.

Roger D. Shipley "Pea Island Surf," one of three Shipley pieces displayed at Penn College Roger D. Shipley, a member of the advisory board of The Gallery at Penn College since 2009, was commissioned by Public ARTWORKS to create an outdoor sculpture for the City of Williamsport. An unveiling of the work will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, in the Community Arts Center's Capitol Lounge.

Contributions to Penn College – some monetary, others in-kind ... and all of them crucial to students obtaining "degrees that work" – were celebrated at Wednesday’s 10th annual Donor Wall Recognition Reception in the Student and Administrative Services Center.

A mosaic art installation is set to unfold on the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus this spring, and students and employees are invited to join in the assemblage by donating materials and volunteering time. The Centennial Mosaic, designed by David A.

Penn College welcomed Open House guests for a Saturday full of activities and information about the diverse "degrees that work" offered on its campuses.

Penn College's fraternities this week raised $570.32 in an uncommonly colorful way: painting patrons' fingernails in a choice of five shades, each keyed to a particular charitable concern. The "Man-i-Cures for a Cause" event, held from 2-6 p.m.

A "Cultural Immersion" trip to Washington, D.C., over Spring Break acquainted Penn College students with the smorgasbord of issues, art, food and ethnicity in the nation's capital.

Career Fairs this week gave Penn College students and alumni invaluable access to more than 180 employers representing nearly 2,100 job and internship opportunities. This semester’s Career Services-sponsored events were from 9 a.m.-noon Monday in the ATHS lobby for health sciences majors; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday in Bardo Gym for all majors; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Ten Penn College representatives traveled to Yonkers, N.Y., over Spring Break to work with Habitat for Humanity to install insulation on three houses that will be used by veterans when completed later this spring. Attending were: students Joseph W. Bourgart, of Warrington;  Timothy W. Duncan, of Lakeville; Wesley G. Ginnick, of Duncansville; Pamela D. Hartman, of Harrisburg; Taylor R.

What is it like to live in a work of art? Experience the process of building and living in a home designed by one of America’s greatest architects in “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Samara: A Mid-Century Dream Home,” an exhibition making its East Coast premiere at Pennsylvania College of Technology, in Williamsport. An opening reception is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.