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In honor of Blindness Awareness Month, Penn College men’s basketball players are teaming up for a different exercise – reading “Meet Mason” during Children’s Story Time at the Otto Bookstore in downtown Williamsport. Set for Noon to 1 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 27, the free event is suitable for kindergarten and preschool-age children (who should be accompanied by an adult).

A 1948 Tucker repaired by students at Pennsylvania College of Technology earned honors at the recent Antique Automobile Club of America’s Eastern Division National Fall Meet in Hershey. The vehicle won the First Junior Award, meaning it was ranked the best among all cars judged for the first time in its class: limited production and prototype vehicles through 1998.

A physical therapy clinic – staffed by students supervised by licensed professionals, and offering free services to volunteer community participants in need – is planned for Fall 2025 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The clinic is being funded by Penn College President Emeritus Davie Jane Gilmour, whose gift will be used to purchase much of the needed equipment, upgrade the space (the former Occupational Therapy Assistant Lab), and support the first two years of operations at the facility.

Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s soccer teams assured themselves of United East postseason action this past week while the golf team’s fall season concluded.

More than 700 students from 20 area high schools and career and technology education centers attended Penn College’s fifth PA Build My Future event on Thursday to discover what a career in the construction industry might look like. Faculty and students in Penn College’s construction and architecture division were joined by 25 industry partners to provide hands-on demonstrations and activities.

A. Pickett Construction, Inc. has scheduled a Pop-Up Employer Information Table for Monday, Oct. 21, in the Carl Building Technologies Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The company is recruiting carpenter helpers, carpenters, assistant HVAC technicians, assistant business administrators, assistant project managers and assistant estimators. Interested students should bring their resumes.

Penn College’s Medical Imaging Club continued its Pink Out tradition, dressing in rosy hues recently to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The club, made up of students in the radiography program, holds the Pink Out to honor those who have battled or are battling breast cancer and to educate the community about breast cancer, breast self-exams and the role radiographers play in the detection and treatment of breast cancer.

Supporting Pennsylvania College of Technology’s mission to equip future leaders with real-world experience, faculty members led students in exploring new parts of that world through six 2024 Global Experience classes. In Europe, students explored the origin and future of objects of their study, and in Latin America, they used their budding skills to serve others. Around 135 students participated in the classes.

An educational and service organization dedicated to promoting the engineering field to women has honored a Pennsylvania College of Technology freshman with a scholarship. Emmalee J. Preston, of Millerton, received the $2,500 Margaret R. Brewster Scholarship from the Society of Women Engineers. Preston is seeking a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering technology.

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. is setting up an employer information table on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Pennsylvania College of Technology. HRG is recruiting for the following positions: civil staff engineer, civil engineering intern, land development engineer, water and wastewater engineer, transportation/traffic engineer; bridge design engineer and highway engineer. Interested students should bring their resumes.