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With Spring 2010 classes just around the corner, Pennsylvania College of Technology greatly eased the start-up process for more than 150 new and transferring students. Joined by their families for the opening of Welcome Weekend on Jan.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Winter Commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The student speaker was Micah A. Metzel, of Dallastown, who received a bachelor’s degree in technology management from the School of Business and Computer Technologies. Also speaking was Christine M.

More than 300 high school students, along with members of the local and Pennsylvania College of Technology community, turned out Dec. 4 to visit the School of Hospitality’s annual Food Show, which showcased students’ final projects.

Under boundless autumn sunshine, brightened even further by the friendliness of faculty/staff and students, Pennsylvania College of Technology held a record-breaking Fall 2009 Open House on Sunday.

Students and alumni looking for postgraduate jobs or valuable internships were encouraged to attend Penn College's Fall 2009 Career Fair, held Oct. 20-21 in Penn's Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

High school students from school districts far and wide visited Penn College's campuses to learn about potential careers through a full Friday of exciting hands-on activities and informative tours. The college's Outreach for K-12 Office each fall organizes Career Day for students in 10th through 12th grades; a similar event for seventh- to ninth-graders is held every spring.

From campus royalty to a historical photo exhibit in The Gallery at Penn College, to sporting events and alumni reunions, to a car show and "floats" that didn't move, Pennsylvania College of Technology was alive Oct. 9-11 with a "Connecting the Pieces: Past and Present Unite" Homecoming celebration. — Photos by Jessica L. Tobias and Michael S. Fischer, student photographers, and Jennifer A.

School of Hospitality students and faculty benefited from visits by culinary experts who shared their knowledge during classes and special events.

Scores of civic-minded Pennsylvania College of Technology students and employees fanned out across Lycoming County on Saturday, Oct. 3 – rolling up their sleeves at about a dozen job sites from Montoursville to Jersey Shore, from Newberry to South Williamsport – for the United Way's annual Day of Caring.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's three-day Parent and Family Weekend provided a full menu of fun activities, hands-on educational workshops, tours of the college's historic hometown and a trip to the wild blue yonder. — Photos by Michael S. Fischer and Jessica L. Tobias, student photographers; and Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist Ruth R.