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Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Summer Commencement on Saturday at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Michael R. Harer, of Williamsport, who received an Associate of Applied Science degree in surgical technology, was the student speaker for the 11 a.m. ceremony. Nearly 250 degrees were conferred by President Davie Jane Gilmour and state Rep.

The blues and greens of an ideal summer day add to the success of an interactive hunt for answers ... ... that led PFEW participants on a competitive cross-campus adventure. Students fill the floor of the ACC Auditorium ... ... for a motivational speech by award-winning life coach Jeff Yalden.

Culinary giants joined forces to mark the 25th anniversary of the Visiting Chef Series at Penn College, an event celebrated in a new video on the college's YouTube channel.

When a lack of sun scuttled plans for Solar-Powered S'mores, the crowd moved inside the Field House ... ... for that joyously obvious camp favorite: dodgeball! With a concrete canvas stretched before them, campers and their student assistants join forces on an expansive piece of self-expression.

Nearly 250 students have petitioned to graduate in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Summer 2017 Commencement ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 5, at the Community Arts Center. The student speaker for the ceremony, which begins at 11 a.m., is Michael Raymond Harer, of Williamsport, who will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science in surgical technology.

Passing beneath a fitting banner, antique cars enter a campus at which the past is prologue. Collision repair instructor Roy H. Klinger (with microphone) and automotive restoration technology student Teague W. Ohl, of Cogan Station, offer a hands-on demonstration in CAL. Le Jeune Chef and Les Voitures Anciennes blend at the center of campus.

While many of their compatriots enjoyed family vacations and time away from school, hundreds of curious young women and men from eight states and Washington, D.C., recently explored Penn College’s unique "degrees that work" during a series of fun, interactive and hands-on summer camps. Photos by Tia G. La, student photographer; Jennifer A. Cline, writer/magazine editor; Carol A.

Campers cross the river for some interactive (and educational) Little League fun. Crosscutters pitcher Kyle Young (left) and catcher James Lovett (since traded to the Arizona League's Seattle Mariners club) talk with campers in the college Field House ... ... and get in on the action at the makeshift ballpark.

With the help of the Carnegie Science Center's Mobile Fab Lab, Penn College's SMART Girls program recently introduced 40 high schoolers to enriching careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The girls met the Quadcopter Challenge as they designed and built their own quadcopters to navigate an obstacle course.

Excitement, engagement register on the faces of incoming first-year students. President Davie Jane Gilmour welcomes new students and their families to Penn College. Alexis J. Medero, a civil engineering technology major from Levittown, shares some peer-to-peer insight during a get-acquainted session in Klump Academic Center. Anthony J.