It's never too soon to look toward 'tomorrow'

Starting their week on the Fish Real Estate Leadership Challenge Course, My Tomorrow participants quickly embrace the campus resource's ethos of teamwork. Facilitators Chet Beaver (left), coordinator of veteran and military services, and Spyke M. Krepshaw, assistant professor of web and interactive media, provide encouragement and standby support for a journey of independence. Youngsters attain balance with the aid of Kat A. Valentine (left), manager of makerspace operations, and Kathleen V. McNaul, assistant director for student success. Campers tend to a "patient" in the nursing wing ... ... and gain insight into the profession from Carol M. Moore, an adjunct faculty member. Part-time faculty member Sheryl E. Snyder-Everitt (seated at center) leads a real-world exercise in the physical therapist assistant lab. Standing is Barbara J. Stevens, office assistant to academic operations, among the faculty and staff who helped the camp run ever so smoothly all week. Anyone who asks, "What's so fun about science?" never met Joseph E. LeBlanc, assistant professor of physics! Vii J. Rice, instructor of plastics technology, watches a girl build a three-dimensional model of a hydrocarbon ... ... from a 2D template on the whiteboard ... ... that was ultimately joined with other students' creations to help teach the chemistry behind polymers. Krepshaw and Melissa A. Webb, instructor of technology and information literacy/course coordinator, guide middle school students through their coding assignment. A very clever camper drew a robot on which her Ozobot would travel! There's no doubt: Reflective thinking will provide a solution. The experienced (and helping) hands of Roy H. Klinger, collision repair instructor, lend confidence to a boy shaping metal on the English wheel. Near the program's College Avenue Labs paint bay, Klinger neatly pinstripes a flame design. The instructor leads a brisk and informative walk-through among the vintage automobiles entrusted to Penn College restoration students by museums and other collectors. Simulating an emergency response to a tornado, teammates list items that could meet the needs of those struck by sudden disaster. William A. Schlosser, emergency management and homeland security instructor, disperses "victims" to hide in darkened rooms on the Klump Academic Center's fourth floor ... ... and schools their colleagues on the logistics of a search-and-rescue operation. Dining Services' Christopher R. Kelley dazzingly amuses his audience in an exhibition of dough-tossing. A variety of toppings allows campers to personalize their lunch on "Make Your Own Pizza" day. Chef Todd M. Keeley, assistant professor of baking and pastry/culinary, supervises use of the oven ... ... though no such assistance is needed for the "eating" portion of the enterprise. At right is Ron L. Ott Jr., coordinator of restaurant operations/maitre d'hotel at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. Wearing official camp T-shirts, the adventurous group assembles for a photo by the PCT floral backdrop on the west side of campus. (Photo by Laura M. Machak, coordinator of secondary partnership operations)