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Students in human services classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology will combine forces to offer holiday-shopping opportunities that benefit others Nov. 16-18 in the Bush Campus Center.

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently won the 29th Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo, the third straight year in which overall honors were retained by the host institution. The crowd-pleasing competition, which drew 52 participants from five schools in Pennsylvania and New York, was held Oct. 23 during a collegewide Open House.

A student design brought to flourishing life by a Landscape Operations class from Pennsylvania College of Technology is being considered a memorial garden at First United Methodist Church in Montgomery. "It's nice when students can be involved in a project like this because it gives them a sense of community and lets them know they can make a difference in using their skills," said Carl J.

A May 2010 ornamental horticulture graduate returned to Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management on Thursday, speaking to students in Carol A. Lugg's First Year Experience course and Carl J. Bower Jr.'s Landscape Operations class. "If you care about your education, you will get so much more from this experience," students were advised by Garrett M.

A former president of Pennsylvania College of Technology's immediate predecessor institution has established an endowed scholarship fund at the college that will encourage student leadership in the community. Bill Feddersen served as president of Williamsport Area Community College from 1974-80. The Dr.

A recent forest technology graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology and a current student in the same major in the School of Natural Resources Management have been awarded scholarships from the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools for their 4.0 GPAs. May 2011 graduate Lance E. Armstrong, of Muncy, and Matthew R.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students each have been awarded $2,500 scholarships from the Electrical Generating Systems Association. Among the dozen David I. Coren Memorial Scholarship winners for the 2011-12 year are Nathan W. Johnson, of Annville; and Rory K. Kania, of Hanover Township, Luzerne County.

The hurdles in delivering a collaborative internal-communication system to a diverse campus population were addressed by a Pennsylvania College of Technology employee and three of her colleagues at the 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Wendy A.

"Who needs toys when you have autumn leaves?" was the question of the day at Penn College's Children's Learning Center, where the Bear Bunch burrowed under nature's crunchy blanket Wednesday for its own hide-and-seek version of "Where's Waldo?" Photo by Joyce B. Shrimp, assistant group leader

The role of timber management in maintaining Penn's Woods will be discussed by Eric C. Easton, a forestry instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, during the Fall 2011 Madigan Library Forum. The free public forum, "Timber Now and Then: The History of Timber Management in Pennsylvania," will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the library's second-floor reading loft.