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A Pittsburgh-based landscaping company has provided a boost to a growing scholarship fund for students studying landscape technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Daniel Eichenlaub, president of Eichenlaub Inc. Landscape Contractor, visited Penn College's Earth Science Center near Allenwood recently to present a check for $1,000 to support the Richard J. Weilminster Scholarship Fund.

The TRIO Student Support Services Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology − which helps low-income or first-generation students and those with disabilities stay in college and earn degrees − has been funded 100 percent for 2007-08 by a $230,969 grant from the U.S. Department of Education. TRIO Student Support Services is designed to serve 160 students per year at Penn College.

The festive and creative holiday cards displayed along Penn College's pedestrian mall were lighted in a traditional ceremony outside the ATHS on Wednesday night, and this year's winners in the student and employee categories were announced. The Occupational Therapy Assistant Club claimed the top prize among student organizations: $200 for its club account.

Penn College students who were born at the Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center, and who graduated from high school this year, may be eligible for a one-time $500 scholarship award from the Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center Campus of Susquehanna Health. The scholarship awards will be made only to students enrolled at Penn College within one year of their high school graduation.

The Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology announces a new scholarship-application process that students will find easier and faster to complete each year. The college has teamed with Nelnet, a diversified educational-services company, to produce an online scholarship application for current and incoming students.

Asesh K. Das, a professor of information technology in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies, recently presented a paper at the 10th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) High Assurance Systems Engineering Symposium at the University of Texas in Dallas.

The Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors-Penn College Student Chapter was in action at the Lycoming County Historical Society's Thomas T. Taber Museum earlier this month. Initially. the club wanted to help at the annual "Terror at the Taber" haunted museum just before Halloween, but, because of scheduling conflicts with its anniversary celebrations, the 858 W. Fourth St.

Six studentsat Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center got personalized career advice from four industry representatives Tuesday, the semester's final session of the School of Natural Resources Management's time-tested Student Success Program.

Faculty/staff and students are invited to check out the resources under trial at the Madigan Library and offer their comments on a quick and easy feedback form.

Ryan P. Becker, a construction management major from Johnstown, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for November.