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"Art Alive!" – a juried exhibition featuring the work of two dozen Lycoming County artists – opened Thursday with a reception and awards presentation in The Gallery at Penn College.

Ryan W. Peck, instructor of diesel equipment technology, prepares his guests for operation of heavy construction equipment. Two muddy SMART girls return from the heavy equipment operations site for a lunch break. Forestry professor Dennis F. Ringling shows how to measure woodland acreage.

A recent benefit for the William E. Henry Memorial Scholarship, established early last year by family and friends of a local trailblazer in emergency medical services, brought the fund $500 closer to endowment.

Twenty-four area artists will show their work as part of the Lycoming County Juried Art Exhibition – titled “Art Alive!” – May 30 to June 28 at The Gallery at Penn College. The gallery is on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Madigan Library.

Panelists network and high schoolers enjoy juice and donuts − fuel for the brainwork ahead − as they prepare to tackle real-world issues in the Sen. Gene Yaw Student Government Seminar. Welcoming students to campus, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour introduces the senator to a Field House audience. Playfully goading students into participation, J.

Almost 900 seventh- to ninth-graders attended Monday's Career Day, a twice-yearly event arranged by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Outreach for K-12 Office.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held three commencement ceremonies May 17-18 for more than 875 students who petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2013 semester. The Friday afternoon proceedings honored students from the schools of Business and Computer Technologies, Hospitality, and Transportation Technology.

The second annual Wildcat Walk, an initiative of Penn College's Wellness Committee, stepped off at noon Wednesday outside The Madigan Library.

Dean Edward A. Henninger tells guests about Penn College's Student Managed Investment Fund, which uses real money to heighten students' appreciation of the risks and responsibilities involved in portfolio management. Visiting high school students enjoy a "fireside chat" with Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost.. Sun-Gazette editor David F.

Mark Strachan, of uVu Technologies, discusses the use of lightweight materials in plastic products. Fifty-two participants from across the nation listen to experts during the 2013 Plastics Symposium.