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Lycoming College senior art show to honor final thesis works

Graduating Lycoming College students will display their final thesis work in an exhibit held at the Lycoming College Art Gallery, running from Friday through May 13. The gallery is open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 4 to 8 p.m., and the exhibits are free and open to the public. The Lycoming College Senior Show is the culmination of thesis projects for all seniors with a major in studio art, and all studio art majors are required to produce a cohesive body of professional work to exhibit, including an artist statement. In addition to those majoring in the art program, all ...

Pennsylvania colleges still unaffordable despite tuition freeze

(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education said this week its tuition freeze has done little to stave off enrollment declines, even as the costs at other institutions around them all climb. “We’re particularly expensive for students who we’re born to serve, low and middle income students,” said Chancellor Dan Greenstein. “You’re asking their families or their households to pay basically 45% of their disposable income to send one student to one of our universities for one year.” Greenstein told the House Appropriations Committee this week ...

Naming of two Penn College labs affirms longtime collaboration

The naming of two instructional labs at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center heightens the visibility of a corporate partner’s enduring behind-the-scenes investment in the next generation of industry leaders. During a March 15 event at the Allenwood-area ...

Montoursville Area High School March Students of the Month

Montoursville Area High School recognized their March students of the month. Grayson Rinker and Brianna Trueman are the Warrensville Lions Club students of the month, and James Batkowski and Eleni Wise are the Montoursville Lions Club students of the month. Grayson Rinker, son of Thomas ...

South Williamsport Area High School senior of the month

Benjamin Manning, son of Scott and Jennifer Manning, is South Williamsport Area High School’s February senior of the month. Ben is actively involved in the Renaissance team, Mini THON club and National Honor Society. He has also volunteered his time to help out with officiating and coaching ...

Penn College names new assistant dean of transportation

A veteran of regional career and technical education has been named the new assistant dean of transportation technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Steven P. Keen, most recently director of career and technical education and high school principal in the Jersey Shore Area School ...