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Jessica R. Larson, of Williamsport, scheduled to graduate magna cum laude in December with a bachelor's degree in business administration: marketing concentration, was chosen as October's Student of the Month by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

The funeral will be Friday for Steven R. Parker, an assistant professor of physics in Penn College's School of Integrated Studies, who died Monday, Nov. 16. The college flags were lowered in memory of Parker, who joined the college faculty in Fall 2004 as an instructor of environmental technology in the School of Natural Resources Management. The service will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology continues to expand the variety of its courses available to high school students through the Penn College NOW dual-enrollment program. The college received an $85,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to offer a selection of its plastics and polymer technology courses in high school classrooms.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology physician assistant program won the 10th Annual Student Challenge Bowl, which was held by the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants during its state conference in Pittsburgh on Nov. 6. This highly competitive event features 10 teams from physician assistant programs in Pennsylvania. Each program sends a team of three students and one alternate.

A faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently gave the keynote address at the 11th International Conference on Ethics Across the Curriculum. William J.

Many of our appliances are powered around-the-clock, when they don't need to be. Energy can be saved without loss of convenience if select electrical devices are de-powered when not needed. Appliance timers are small, low-powered, plug-in items available at home improvement and other stores that can control any appliance that has a plug.

A professor of business administration/management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology visited the European University in Switzerland during the week of Nov. 2. Terry A.

Keith L. Jeffcoat, a 2001 alumnus of the plastics and polymer engineering technology major, recently returned to campus to speak with several plastics classes. Jeffcoat is a staff development engineer in R&D at Ethicon-Endo Surgery, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies.

A faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Richard Sahn, instructor of sociology/psychology, presented his paper, "The Greensboro Massacre: Thirty Years of Truth and Reconciliation," Nov. 12 in New Orleans.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were awarded a total of $2,500 in scholarships following the annual Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo a popular event won this year by students from the college's School of Natural Resources Management. Penn College students captured the overall title at the Oct.