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After taking over the Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s volleyball program that had only two wins in its previous two full campaigns and was coming out of the COVID-canceled 2020 season, coach Carolyn McKeon had her hands full. The Wildcats’ 2021 season again produced one win and last year’s squad doubled that number but began to show signs of growth in player bonding and on-court success against some of the United East Conference’s top teams.

After a season during which first-year coach Ian Scheller’s Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s soccer team reached the United East Conference semifinals, Scheller has one expectation for this year’s players: Do your job.

Added experience and depth, new attackers, better team bonding and extra motivation to win. Those are the things that coach Tyler Mensch is counting on to get his Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s soccer team to the next level this season. The Wildcats open at 7 p.m. Friday at Keystone College in the first of five nonconference road matches over nine days.

State Sen. Gene Yaw, who chairs the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors, is among the leaders named to The 2023 Energy & Environment Power 100, released Monday by City & State Pennsylvania. He is joined on the list by Dustin K. Droege, who holds two degrees from Penn College and is employed by one of the world's largest investors in renewable power.

Friday's scheduled "Outdoor Movie Night" was moved indoors by threatening weather, but proved – in spite of the relocation – that dinosaurs (and students' attraction to big-screen entertainment) will never be truly extinct.

Beginning its second illuminating year of introducing the Penn College community to itself, the Office of People & Culture welcomed 34 campus co-workers – its largest turnout yet – who interactively learned more about Admissions on Thursday afternoon.

Seven Admissions Office colleagues traveled this past week to Sojourner Truth Ministries Inc., a nonprofit organization tackling homelessness and hunger prevention in Lycoming County. The outreach was inspired by an April visit to the college's electrical labs, where staff learned that students had completed electrical work in a newly acquired house and in the agency's main building.

While anxiety is the most prevalent mental health concern, research indicates that nurses do not feel adequately prepared to care for anxious patients. With that fact in mind, Assistant Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences Tanae A. Traister recently researched the use of virtual reality simulation in nursing education to help lessen nursing students’ own anxiety in dealing with anxious patients.

More players. More events. Esports popularity is growing at Pennsylvania College of Technology, and the iRacing team is set to get its season rolling on Monday. A year ago, coach Joshua Young had 37 competitors on his roster. This fall, it stands at 48.

Students eased into the fall semester with the help of smoochy pooches and summery refreshment, as Counseling Services reprised its traditional "Hot Dog, You're Here!" event on Wednesday evening. About a dozen Penn College employees brought their canine companions to campus to meet students, the latest edition of a program first offered in August 2010.