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Ford (in blue shirt) – who said he never dreamed of such an industry development when he was a student 20 years ago – talks with Mark E. Sones, one of his former diesel equipment technology instructors; and Shelley L. Moore, who, as senior director of the Center for Career Design, traveled to the ESC to greet the returning alumni. After the guests opened the front and tilted the cab ... ...

Members present the colors in rehearsal, as violinist Michael Fisher – a Williamsport Area High School graduate studying at the New England Conservatory of Music – performs the national anthem. The stars and stripes are unfurled during a practice run at Volunteer Stadium. Before an oversized baseball, the battalion celebrates its big league impression on a Little League audience.

Kevin Callahan, applications representative for Trak Machine Tools/Southwestern Industries Inc., walks students through the features of a new Trak CNC Vertical Machining Center in the Automated Manufacturing Lab. Students follow along with a sample programming task on the new vertical machining center.

The connections between Little League Baseball® and Pennsylvania College of Technology are decades' old, from construction students' work on the original complex in the 1950s to this month's catered meals for players in the 75th annual LLB World Series.

An appropriately festive atmosphere pervaded campus on Thursday, as anticipation mounted for that night's premiere of the Penn College episode of "The College Tour." Leading up to the initial showing in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium (and its streaming debut on Amazon Prime shortly thereafter) were a variety of games and other activities from one end of campus to the other.

Six students in baking, pastry and culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently completed summer internships that provided a wealth of real-world learning with Hershey Entertainment & Resorts. Among them is Nataly Acosta, a culinary arts technology student from Shillington.

Kowalewski listens to feedback during his interactive staff presentation. Replicating the career-building advice and opportunities that Penn College's industry partners regularly offer students, one of the institution's steadfast corporate colleagues held a professional development session for staff this past week.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor who umpired the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby Championship on Aug. 25 had his eyes on more than the ball – he was also appreciating the history of baseball and the social impact the game has on children and communities.

FedEx Freight donated a 2014 Kenworth T680 semi-trailer truck to Pennsylvania College of Technology to facilitate hands-on learning in diesel courses. Students will benefit from the donation for regeneration and emissions testing in courses such as Diesel Electronic Fuels: Systems, Operation & Diagnostics; and Vehicle Electronics/Diagnostic Procedures. Mark E.

Three degree programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.