More than 1,500 fifth-graders from nearly a dozen local and area school districts participated in Thursday’s sixth annual Science Festival at Penn College, gaining hands-on insight into a host of related careers. The youngsters were treated to a variety of campus demonstrations during the day, and families were invited to a Field House full of attractions during the three-hour evening session.
– Photos by Tia G. La, student photographer

The Carnegie Science Center, represented by Aly Toy, fittingly brings its “Grand Slam Science” presentation to the birthplace of Little League Baseball …

… enthralling a daytime crowd of fifth-graders in the college’s Bardo Gymnasium.

Chef Frank M. Suchwala and team from the School of Business & Hospitality reprise their well-received “Taste of Technology” program for Thursday’s visitors to the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Christopher H. Van Stavoren, assistant professor in automotive, gives one-on-one attention to a potential technician.

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Prospective members of Penn College’s Class of 202? enjoy an educational day out of the classroom and onto an engaging campus.

Young scholars briefly become “bee” students …

… in the hive of activity inside the Field House.

Penn College’s student nurses share the power of hands-on healing.

Pay attention, kids: Robotics has the floor.

Electrical careers get a “green light” at another academic showcase.

A crowd gathers around the Lycoming County Conservation District’s “Groundwater and Land Use in the Water Cycle” display.

Justin W. Beishline, assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technologies, supervises a youngster’s operation and understanding of a truck-brake simulator.

The School of Business & Hospitality is also represented by the eye-catching web and interactive media major.

An Odyssey of the Mind booth poses an interactive tower-construction challenge.

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Fifth-graders wait their turn with the virtual-reality headsets.

A tactile, textural exploration of building materials

“Up, up and away” with flying toys in the Field House
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