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As students look ahead to the semester break and holiday reunions with family and friends, there is but one immovable consideration in their path: that formidable force that is Finals Week. Fear not, O stressed-out and weary. Penn College offers a range of accommodations designed to keep anxiety and pressure at bay.

President Davie Jane Gilmour and Caleb E. Cartmell (background), of Honesdale, president of the Student Government Association and an automotive technology management major, deliver holiday goodwill. Williamsport cousins Rebecca L. Helminiak (left), an occupational therapy assistant student, and Jane C. Mertes, an applied management major, pose inside an oversized, inflatable snow globe ... ...

In an act of welcoming, Pennsylvania College of Technology recently dedicated a display of international flags that represent the home countries of its students. Hung in the Bush Campus Center, the flags will change as the student population changes. The initial display includes the flags of 10 nations: Austria, Canada, Germany, Ghana, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Venezuela, Iran and South Korea.

Dining Services' Daniel S. Falzone enjoys the festivities with daughters Julianna and Maria. Ameira Phipps, big sister to Amecca Phipps, has an equally big smile! Three generations celebrate the season at a decidedly family-friendly event. "Mimi" Janice and "Pappy" Robert Murphy, visiting from Pittsburgh, join their granddaughters, Macy (foreground) and Maura, and daughter-in-law Ashley R.

Bradley M. Webb, assistant dean of industrial, computing and engineering technologies, gives it everything he's got – while colleague Stacey C. Hampton makes sure not to miss one second of the fun. Joining a group photo on behalf of Penn College Benefiting THON are Butler (holding sledgehammer) and counselor Jacklyn R. Leitzel, club adviser (second from right).

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted nearly 100 K-12 educators Friday to talk about technology education, the skills gap in the U.S. workforce and how they can work together to help students transition from high school to college. The educators – many of whom are school counselors and administrators – traveled from as far away as Erie, Pittsburgh and Chester County.

Feast your eyes on the artistic final projects of students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s baking and pastry and culinary arts majors on Dec. 1 at the college’s Fall Food Show. The event, open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Entering “The Spaces Between” “Rabbit Dreams” explores a tale of Johnson’s son and a bunny. A large crowd listens intently as the artist speaks. Johnson discusses artistic endeavors, including manipulating light. A student, attending the event for a class, leans into contemplation and note taking.

John D. Maize, instructor of speech communication/composition, focuses on finding common ground among the people with whom we communicate ... ... and Craig A. Miller, associate professor of history/political science, encourages empathy and understanding in assessing others' differences of opinion.

Ready to put their nursing degrees to work are (from left) Alayna R. Bertothy, of Philipsburg; Danielle N. Dent, of Bloomsburg; Francesca B. Monse, of Selinsgrove; and Luke M. Spang, of Palmyra. One month from their procession from students to alumni, December's commencement candidates line up in The College Store. Wildcat outfielder Dylan M.