Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed prospective students, their families and friends to an informative and enjoyable Spring Open House on March 26. With more than enough goodwill to chase away the stubborn wintry chill, campus volunteers – faculty/staff, students and alumni – warmly guided guests through tours and enlightening presentations about "degrees that work," answered questions on a range of parental concerns, celebrated life in a caring campus community, and shared the very best that Pennsylvania's premier technical college represents.
– Photos by Whitnie-Rae Mays and Michael S. Fischer, student photographers;
Becky J. Shaner, alumni relations assistant;
Steven M. Beightol, a 2003 graduate in environmental technology management;
and horticulture student Kelsey R. Bromm
Admissions representative Todd W. Leister (in blue shirt at left foreground) keeps the check-in line moving, directing visitors toward helpful campus volunteers.
Student Ambassador Gregory J. Miller takes a mother and son through the Madigan Library on a walk across main campus.
Landscape/nursery technology graduates returning to assist with the first Area Vocational/Technical School Field Days, held during Open House at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, are (from left) Evan Mattos ('08), Anthony Moyer ('07), Justin Bentz ('01), Travis Breininger ('01), Dean Dietrich ('09), Julie Vogel ('03) and Ron Burger ('78, nursery management).
Lynn L. Turney, instructor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing technology, talks with Open House guests in College Avenue Labs.
A family strolls along a Park Street sidewalk near the Bush Campus Center.
Justin Shelinski, laboratory assistant for horticulture, practices a skill activity with an AVTS Field Days competitor.
Early childhood education alumni Barbara A. Peck, '09, (left) now working at the Pitter Patter Day School in Muncy, and Jennifer N. Bay, '97, a group leader at the college's Children's Learning Center, return to campus as Open House volunteers.
Welcome sunshine glints off the Hager Lifelong Education Center roof, as a visiting family gets directions from Student Ambassador Sara L. Lefever.
Cindy Davis Meixel, photo editor, and Larry J. Morgan, a 2009 graduate in computer aided product design, assist visitors to College Avenue Labs. Morgan, employed by Protex International Corp. in Bohemia, N.Y., traveled farther than any other alumnus.
AVTS Field Days students compete in a plant-identification event at the ESC.
With Harry Potter-themed cakes and off-campus landlords filling the first-floor, the Madigan Library was a typically multipurpose stop during Open House.
Evidence of hands-on instruction (and the generosity of the college's corporate partners) provide the backdrop for a diesel-laboratory tour.
Suzanne Price, a since-retired dietetic technician who graduated from Williamsport Area Community College in 1985, lives up to the School of Hospitality's name.
Students demonstrate log-rolling during a practice session for the Penn College woodsman team.
Student Ambassador Brinton P. Davis answers questions at the Campus Center Information Desk.
Glenn R. Luse, instructor of building construction, shows off the masonry lab nearing completion at the northwest edge of campus.
Cory D. Keys, a 2006 graduate in electrical occupations, and Dee E. Bilger, who earned a degree in business administration: management concentration in 2007, greet visitors to the Field House.
The School of Natural Resources Management's new log truck is demonstrated at Open House.
A college hallmark – personalized faculty attention – is obvious at Open House, too, as a father and son "talk shop" with instructor Timothy S. Turnbach in the newly renovated welding labs ...
... and Claude T. Witts, instructor of diesel equipment technology, engages guests with the CAT Marine Power Engine.
Anne K. Soucy, assistant dean of construction and design technologies, answers questions near the school's informational display.
Micah A. Metzel, whose degrees in technology management and diesel technology led to a career with Alban CAT, welcomes Open House participants to the Earth Science Center.
Student volunteer Ethan P. Jandreau, a diesel technology major, explains the ESC dynamometer room from the control booth (with the help of a young friend).
Open House attendees discuss athletic opportunities with Wildcat cross-country coach Mike Paulhamus (among others) in the Field House.