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To celebrate National Physical Therapy Month, students in Penn College’s physical therapist assistant program are spreading the word about why individuals should choose physical therapy to decrease pain, increase mobility, maximize health and improve their quality of life. Every October, the American Physical Therapy Association celebrates National Physical Therapy Month to raise awareness with consumers about the many benefits of physical therapy.

Judd R. Pittman, director of the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Career and Technical Education, visited Pennsylvania College of Technology while in Williamsport for a stakeholders meeting on Friday. A widely acknowledged advocate for K-12 career and technical education, Pittman toured campus with President Michael J. Reed and Loni N. Kline, senior vice president for college relations.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students posted a one-two finish in the Project MFG Maritime Welding Competition held Wednesday at the Philadelphia Shipyard. Patrick C. Evanko, of Columbus, New Jersey, placed first, and Nikolas J. Harnish, of Newmanstown, earned second-place honors after competing against 18 other welding students from other institutions.

Instructor Joseph F. DiBucci's Concrete Construction class converged Thursday on The Victorian House, itself a student undertaking more than a quarter-century ago, for a sidewalk improvement project. Aided by Penn College General Services, the crew poured concrete that will be stenciled and colored to look like brickwork.

A new course in visual literacy was highlighted by two Pennsylvania College of Technology graphic design faculty members – Brian A. Flynn and David M. Moyer – at the 55th Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association, hosted recently online and in person by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Appropriate for this time of year, The Clay Center of New Orleans is exhibiting “Creep Show 2023,” featuring artwork created by Gerald G. Kaplan, instructor of ceramics at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Kaplan’s “Drape,” a stoneware head detailed with screws, was selected for the national juried group exhibition. This is the third time one of Kaplan’s pieces has been accepted into the annual “Creep Show,” which began in 2019.

Meredith Bigger, a specialist in health promotions for the American Lung Association in Pennsylvania, joined the Pediatric Nursing class on Tuesday to share with the future health care professionals a simple, three-step process to prevent lung disease: Ask, Advise and Connect.

Despite going 1-3-1 during the regular season against other United East Volt Division playoff teams, Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s soccer coach Tyler Mensch welcomes the challenge as his fifth-seeded Wildcats open at fourth-seeded St. Mary’s (Md) College at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

America's evolving cultural makeup and the role that diversity may play in the 2024 presidential election generated insightful discussion as Penn College held its 2023 Technology & Society Colloquia on Wednesday night. The presenter for the program – “Changing Demographics and the 2024 Election: The Politics of Race and Ethnicity” – was Luis Ricardo Fraga, from the University of Notre Dame.

As the automotive industry moves away from the internal combustion engine and toward the era of electric vehicles, Pennsylvania College of Technology has adapted its already-visionary curriculum and empowered faculty members to deliver that instruction.