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Pennsylvania College of Technology student Noah H. Jumper, of Shippensburg, was recently awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Construction Management Association of America Foundation. Jumper is one of two recipients of the 2024 CMAA Foundation Scholarship. His selection was announced at the association’s annual conference, CMAA24, held Oct. 27-29 in San Francisco.

The Student Organization and Leadership Center was home to this month’s Service Saturday – “Cozy for a Cause.” Over a dozen Penn College students came together to create 12 “no-sew blankets” to donate to local nonprofits for the increasingly chilly autumn (and soon-to-be winter) season.

Saluting the Penn College military family, Veterans Week featured a range of events, including a brunch, bingo, informational displays and a national honor society induction ceremony. Students, faculty and staff who have served (or continue to serve) their country were also recognized in a voluntary roster. With the ranking of No. 1 school for veteran students in U.S. News & World Report's 2025 Best Colleges’ Regional College (North) classification, Penn College and its veterans have a lot to celebrate.

In "Neurodiversity & Inclusion," Kerry Magro shares his transformative journey from a non-speaking individual with autism to an award-winning professional speaker and best-selling author. He invites listeners of Penn College's Tomorrow Makers podcast to consider the power of inclusion and to lead with compassion.

A vintage milk truck is delivering smiles at Penn College’s Madigan Library. The 1928 Ford Model A truck is parked by the library’s circulation desk, inviting a steady stream of appreciation. The vehicle has been donated to the college’s automotive restoration program by the late Dale Hoover and his wife, Christina. Dale was a 1979 architecture graduate of Penn College’s predecessor institution, Williamsport Area Community College.

The Penn College chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society for nurses, recently celebrated its newest inductees. Sigma’s mission is to develop nurse leaders anywhere to improve health care everywhere..

Nearly two dozen engineering design technology students recently visited High Steel Structures LLC in Williamsport to learn about the renowned company’s structural fabrication and design processes. Led by instructors Kendra N. Tomassacci and Catherine A. Krawiec, 23 students from two sections of CCD 237 Technical Drawing-Related Disciplines made the short trip to bridge classroom learning with real-world experience.

On this Veterans Day weekend, Penn College News honors the students, alumni, faculty and staff who have selflessly served (or continue to serve) their country. Members of the college community are encouraged to join in acknowledging these colleagues, who are among those to whom we pay tribute.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s cross-country team is seeking continued improvement on the NCAA regional level when it competes on Saturday in the D-III Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship; while in competition over the past week, the historical women’s soccer season came to an end, and basketball season began.

Students in a pediatric nursing class brought cuddly gifts to a clinical experience last week with a Geisinger Life Flight crew in Danville. Life Flight provides medical air transportation. Among the students was Kristy L. Creasy, whose now teenage daughter, then 10 years old, founded a local nonprofit called Aly’s Monkey Movement.