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Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will host an Autodesk User Group meeting on Aug. 13. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in Penn's Inn at the Bush Campus Center.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was chosen by the Electrical Generating Systems Association as one of a dozen David I. Coren Memorial Scholarship recipients for the 2008-09 academic year. Jacob D.

Technology and straight-from-the-headlines topicality combine with socializing and sightseeing at this week's 35th annual conference of the North American Council of Automotive Teachers being hosted at Penn College. More than 200 instructors registered for the event, which began Monday morning with elections and a keynote address in the college's Klump Academic Center.

The eighth annual NRM Golf Invitational, held July 9 at the White Deer Golf Course, proved a fun outing for participants and another success for students in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management. A total of 64 golfers took part, including industry representatives, 16 alumni and 20 college employees among them Wayne R. Longbrake, retired dean of the school.

Student Activities is seeking a Student Assistant to provide support for the Fitness Center and to complete specific projects assigned by the Health and Fitness Specialist. This person will check in patrons, following check-in procedures; answer front desk telephone and transfer calls; and perform laundry duties.

Ninth- and 10th-graders in this week's Penn College's SMART Girls residential program, an initiative that provides young women the opportunity to experience math and science as a foundation for careers in technology, traveled Tuesday to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center south of main campus.

At the annual conference of the SirsiDynix Northeast Users Group held in June at Lehigh University, Tracey Amey, librarian for digital initiatives at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, lectured on delivering library resources with Web 2.0 tools.

An instructor of environmental technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology in the forefront of helping American Indians prepare for the so-called "bird flu" or an attack on the nation's food supply was invited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to discuss both topics at the eighth National Tribal Conference on Environmental Management in Billings, Mont. Steven R.

Joseph E. LeBlanc, instructor of physics, told the stories of "Momotaro, the Peach Boy" and "Ken'ichi and His Magic Pen" Tuesday in The Gallery at Penn College, in conjunction with the "Japan Juxtaposed: Traditional Textiles/Modern Images" exhibit that runs through Aug. 6. LeBlanc lived in Japan for several years.

For the second consecutive year, Pennsylvania College of Technology's lead faculty member for diesel equipment technology has been honored by the college and Caterpillar Inc. with the "Pathfinder to Excellence" award. William P.