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Pennsylvania College of Technology women’s basketball and wrestling teams both posted 2-0 records this past week.

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With suicide robbing the nation of tens of thousands of promising lives each year, a Tuesday forum sponsored by Student Affairs at Penn College confronted the issue with candor, compassion and expertise. Following the screening of the “Facing Suicide” documentary in Penn’s Inn, discussion by community panelists helped frame the focus on mental health and suicide prevention.
Photos by Alexis M. Burrell, student photographer

Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers went 3-1 while the men’s and women’s basketball teams each posted a 2-1 week.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s basketball teams each posted their first United East wins, while its wrestlers got a taste of competition against some of the best in NCAA Division III.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers had one of their best outings while the men’s and women’s basketball teams resumed United East play.

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Pennsylvania College of Technology’s women’s basketball team went 0-2 in the only athletic action Christmas week.

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An athletic conference proposed merger in the works. Wrestling action on two fronts. A men’s basketball Player of the Week honoree. Two women’s basketball games slated this coming week. Who said the semester break is slow for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletics?

On Dec. 19, it was announced that the United East Conference and Colonial States Athletic Conference have entered into an agreement establishing an intent to merge with a start date of Fall 2023, as long as all conditions set by both conferences are met.

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Action was light for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes with just one men’s basketball game played last week. The college’s wrestlers wrap up the 2022 portion of their schedule with matches this Monday and Thursday.

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Nearly 300 students have petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2022 semester at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The college will hold a commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Community Arts Center.

The student speaker for the ceremony will be Maci Nicole Ilgen, of Spring Mills, who will be awarded a Bachelor of Science in nursing. A Dean’s List student, Ilgen is a member of Penn College’s Omega Theta chapter of Sigma (Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing) and the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. She was also a 2022 Awesome Woman Exemplar awardee at Penn College. As a member of the women’s basketball team, Ilgen was named to the United East conference’s All-Sportsmanship Team and earned United East Scholar-Athlete honors.

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During a week in which the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s basketball and wrestling teams were off, one wrestler made national headlines and the women’s basketball squad hit the court twice.

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Challenges are a mere blip on Coryn A. Oswald’s radar. While a plastics & polymer engineering technology student, she survived a life-changing motorcycle accident and returned to Penn College stronger than ever. Today, she’s thriving – thanks to the friendships and support she’s found on the Wildcat volleyball team. “I didn’t know areas of the world even existed like this,” says Oswald, of King of Prussia. “Penn College will teach you how to love your neighbor and how to talk with your teammates. It’s very different from a lot of universities. I think it was built for me.” Follow her remarkable student-athlete journey in this latest Wildcat Spotlight video.

Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers placed fifth in a 15-team invitational field Saturday, while the college’s basketball teams opened United East play with road losses.

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Get a glimpse of the student-athlete experience at Penn College through the eyes of Gavin L. Baer, of Bainbridge, a member of the golf team who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering technology. “Golf is all mental because if your head’s not in it, you’re not going to play well,” Baer says. “The same thing applies to the lab. If your head’s not in it and you’re not focusing on it, you make a wrong move on the machine and it can cause damage.” In this video, added to the college’s YouTube channel, you’ll learn why the Lancaster Countian chose Penn College and how he’s proud to call himself a Wildcat.

A leadership contingent from Penn State DuBois sweepingly explored Penn College’s main campus on Tuesday, stopping by … walking by … and being greatly impressed by the variety of academic areas and services that give students a full collegiate experience and develop their workforce readiness. Making the visit from the commonwealth campus, about 110 miles west of Williamsport, were: Jungwoo Ryoo, chancellor and chief academic officer; Alex Gasbarre, chief executive officer of Gasbarre Products Inc., a DuBois-based supplier to the powder metallurgy, particulate materials and thermal processing industries; John P. Brennan, director of continuing and community education; and Bradley W. Lashinsky, program director, North Central PA LaunchBox at the DuBois campus.

“Anytime we can learn from one another, and find mutually beneficial opportunities for our students and industry, is a good day,” said President Michael J. Reed, who met Ryoo several weeks ago and bolstered that connection during Tuesday’s visit. “There is much to discuss about our common goals – and ways in which to achieve them – and we welcome the ongoing collaboration.”

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Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestlers got their first taste of conference competition in the NCAA era (since 2014) and the women’s basketball team picked up its first win of the season last week.

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