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Penn College received a grant to support a summer camp for secondary school students interested in careers in emergency medical services. The EMT-Paramedic Camp, scheduled for June 16-17 for students entering grades nine to 12, is funded in part by a $1,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Lycoming County Department of Public Safety.

Eight Penn College students – excelling in categories that span the institution’s varied “degrees that work” – earned gold medals at the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference, held at the Hershey Convention Center from April 14-16. more»

Seven students and three faculty members representing Penn College’s information technology majors attended the 15th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, held April more»

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, looking for input on a plan designed to help to save lives when disaster strikes, will hold a public meeting at Penn College on Monday, May 3. The college community is invited to attend the session, to be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Over the course of their season, Penn College archers spend hours on the road traveling hundreds of miles to and from competitive events. This weekend, however, others will travel as the Wildcats host the Eastern Regional Intercollegiate Archery Championships. more»

Penn College’s School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education completed the college’s first local-anesthesia training program for dental hygienists. more»

Eight students in Penn College’s four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major participated in the April 14 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers in Harrisburg. Matthew A. more»

Adding to its portfolio of design-related studies, Penn College initiated a degree that will help prepare students for a growing field in product and systems design across the globe. Students can begin enrolling in the college’s new industrial and human factors design bachelor-degree major for the Fall 2010 semester.

PCToday continues its regular feature – welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office.

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Penn College baseball and softball teams went a combined 5-7 last week – the softball team, which now is 8-6 overall and 5-1 in the Penn State University Athletic Conference, going 5-3 and the baseball team, which is 5-8 overall and 3-5 in the PSUAC, going 0-4. Read Wildcat Weekly for more.

A limited number of free tickets are available to Penn College students for several of this season's Community Arts Center shows. more»

Andrew Edward Spuler, who retired in 1989 as an assistant professor and librarian at the former Williamsport Area Community College, Penn College's immediate predecessor institution, died Friday, May 18. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Knight-Confer's, 1914 Memorial Ave., with the Rev. John L. Otto officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. more»