The Pennsylvania College of Technology community welcomed prospective students, their families and friends to Open House on Sunday, Oct. 24. Helpful employees, students and alumni were on hand throughout the day to enable exploration of academic programs, student life, and the college's campuses and facilities.
— Photos by Sarah K. Mariano and Michael S. Fischer, student photographers,
and Tom Wilson, news bureau writer/editor
Student Ambassador Brent K. Hey leads a tour group past the Hager Lifelong Education Center.
A stream of Open House visitors flows through the Keystone Dining Room for check-in.
Doffing their coats and smiling broadly, this duo strolls to the next item of the morning agenda.
Donald O. Praster, dean of industrial and engineering technologies, helps a visitor navigate the activity schedule.
Jeremy D. Vonada, an ornamental horticulture: landscape technology emphasis student from Belleville, demonstrates tree-climbing near the Parkes Automotive Technology Center.
Among the day's highlights? A tour of Dauphin Hall, the college's newest on-campus housing complex.
Senior Vice President William J. Martin offers his valuable perspective to campus guests.
Appropriately framed by students' handiwork, Richard R. Motter, instructor of building construction, shows off the masonry lab.
Helpful Student Ambassador Corey A. Shank answers questions near the college's energy-saving photovoltaic panels.
Susan Swank-Caschera, assistant professor, physician assistant, (second from left) joins students and Open House visitors.
Edward A. Henninger, dean, offers an overview of the School of Business and Computer Technologies.
Guests pour out of the Klump Academic Center session, well-equipped with information to make the most of their day.
Resident Assistant Sarah R. Shott leads a tour through the Capitol Eatery, the newest Penn College Dining Services unit.
In Penn College's recently rededicated welding laboratory.
Open House visitors stroll main campus in the pleasant fall air.
Paul A. Zenga, instructor of diesel equipment technology and heavy construction (and Penn College alumnus), takes a tour group through the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.
Student Ambassador Megan R. Pennington briskly crosses campus with a tour group.
Local landlords were on the first floor of the Madigan Library, discussing off-campus living with interested families.
Chris J. Holley, assistant professor in automotive, meets with Open House attendees in the lab.
Cross-country coach Mike Paulhamus was among the Wildcat Athletics representatives stationed in the Field House.
Lynn Turney, an instructor in machine tool technology/automated manufacturing technology, with visitors to College Avenue Labs.
Mary A. Sullivan, dean, and Brett A. Reasner, assistant dean, explain the varied offerings of the School of Natural Resources Management.
Open House visitors pass by Dauphin Hall.
David M. Moyer, instructor of graphic design, walks a group through instructional space in the School of Integrated Studies.
Ambassador Benjamin H. Clark confidently leads his group across main campus.
Surrounded by seasonal color at the Earth Science Campus near Allenwood, members of the Penn College Forestry Team prepare for competition.
Penn College's Fitness Center was among the stops for this group of Open House travelers.
Jon W. Hart, instructor of building automation technologies/HVAC/electrical, answers questions in the Electrical Technologies Center.
Refreshment tents helped recharge visitors on their exhilarating campus adventure.
Alumnus Micah A. Metzel, whose multiple degrees include diesel technology and heavy construction equipment technology: technician emphasis, shares his insight with Open House guests.
Roy H. Klinger, instructor of collision repair, talks with a family near a 1965 Ford Mustang that his students restored for the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey.
Joseph C. Straw, associate professor of diesel equipment technology, talks with Open House visitors outside an ESC classroom.
WPTC, "the best in college radio," broadcasts live from the Field House.
A heavy-equipment operator deftly completes his task during the ESC rodeo.
Getting their bearings, thanks to a "You Are Here" map outside the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center.