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Pennsylvania College of Technology has received approval from the Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing to expand its Workforce Development practical nursing program, originally based at Penn College’s Wellsboro campus, to the college’s main campus in Williamsport. This strategic move aims to enhance access to quality nursing education and address the nursing shortage at both state and national levels.

A scholar of F. Scott Fitzgerald who is also a professor of English composition and technical communication at Pennsylvania College of Technology will lead a community conversation on Fitzgerald’s timeless classic – “The Great Gatsby.” Hosted by the Otto Bookstore at Nomad Distilling Co., 152 W. Fourth St. Williamsport, the event is set for 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and features Penn College faculty member Robert R. Bleil.

WNEP-TV stopped by the third annual Rotorfest, held Tuesday on the front lawns and parking lots of Pennsylvania College of Technology. Hosted by the emergency management & homeland security major, the event attracted nearly 600 K-12 students and school staff from 13 counties, as well as a range of emergency responders.

The Gallery at Penn College invites campus and community members to “sit a spell” and be enchanted by the artwork of Mayuko Ono Gray. The Houston-based artist’s exhibition, “諸行無常_This too, shall pass,” is on display through April 17 in the gallery on the third floor of The Madigan Library.

A unique anatomy competition, hosted recently by Pennsylvania College of Technology, connected students from 12 Pennsylvania high schools with future health career opportunities as they proved their knowledge in a gaming-style contest. Wellsboro Area High School took first place in the inaugural Penn College Anatomage Regional Tournament.

Pennsylvania College of Technology graphic design graduate Casey Gleghorn, ’09, returns to Williamsport to deliver a guest lecture at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 24, in Lycoming College’s Fine Arts Lecture Hall. Gleghorn is the director of Derosia Gallery in New York City.

Welding students at Pennsylvania College of Technology are the spark behind an ambitious Spring Semester initiative that will benefit Little League Baseball. About 70 students in five sections of his Welding Blueprint & Layout II class are fabricating a stainless-steel globe to be placed on the Little League complex in South Williamsport.

Large graphite drawings that intertwine the influences of traditional Japanese calligraphy with the techniques and aesthetics of Western drawing are on display in Mayuko Ono Gray’s exhibition, “諸行無常_This too, shall pass,” running March 19 through April 17 at The Gallery at Penn College.

Although Penn College students were on Spring Break last week, their caring efforts still made an impact in the local community, as the Office of Student Engagement’s Spring Break Donation Initiative delivered gifts to four local nonprofit organizations. The items were made possible by Penn College students who have worked on various service projects throughout the Spring Semester, including creating care kits and homemade dog toys.

Students from high schools in five counties – Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga and Union – each enjoyed the opportunity to be a “Senator for a Day” during Sen. Gene Yaw’s annual Student Government Seminar, held at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday.