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Pennsylvania College of Technology has added to its leadership team with the appointment of two assistant deans for the School of Engineering Technologies. Kathleen D. Chesmel heads the school’s Materials Science and Engineering Technologies Division, and Ellyn A. Lester is doing the same for the Construction and Architectural Technologies Division.

Penn College women’s basketball, women’s soccer and men’s lacrosse are teaming up to hold the second annual Wildcat Dash virtual 5K run and 1-mile walk.  Register, then run or walk anytime and anywhere from Aug. 4-7!  T-shirts and printable race bibs are included with all registrations, and competitive 5K runners are eligible to win medals and other prizes.

A sunset gathering in West Virginia will be scheduled in memory of Pamela L. Starcher, Penn College's former director of nursing, who died Saturday, June 26. Hired as a full-time faculty member in August 1998, she assumed the director's position in June 1999 and retired 10 years later.

Penn College's "My Tomorrow" program (June 21-24 and June 28-July 1) opened middle-schoolers' minds to a variety of vocational possibilities through hands-on activities and faculty-led sessions.

The Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting recently selected Pennsylvania College of Technology student Maddie Newell as one of its 2021 scholarship recipients. Newell, of Selinsgrove, plans to complete an associate degree in surgical technology in August and continue her Penn College education toward a bachelor’s degree in applied health studies.

George “Herman” Logue Jr. and George Logue III recently donated an entire brewing system and accessories to the brewing and fermentation science program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The equipment, which represents the functional design of large industrial brewing systems, will be used by the college for instructional purposes in its brewing & fermentation science certificate major.

Three Penn College head coaches – Geoff Hensley, men's basketball; Christa Matlack, women's soccer; and Tyler Mensch, men's soccer – will be inducted this fall into the Athletic Halls of Fame at their respective universities.

A star-spangled child leads the procession. Kids and their bikes are decked out for the occasion. One of the youngest “marchers” watches the camera as the camera watches her. A Lego maniac makes an appearance. Even the youngest wave the red white and blue!

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The concert was ultimately canceled.) Pennsylvania native Eric Ian Farmer, who returned to his Centre County roots three decades later to earn a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Penn State, will bring his homegrown musical talent to the Community Arts Center stage at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 16.

The 35th Annual Penn College Foundation Golf Classic, featuring inspiring blind golfer Jeremy Poincenot, winner of three World Blind Golf Championships and eight National Blind Golf Championships, recently raised $134,000 for student scholarships. With this year’s total, the Penn College Foundation Golf Classic Scholarship Fund now exceeds $1.8 million.