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Site-preparation work has been completed, and footers will be dug soon for construction of the Center for Business & Workforce Development on West Fourth Street. The general contractor for the project is Robert Feaster Corp., Northumberland. Construction is expected to continue through May 2007.

A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology employees have set up a scholarship fund for a nursing program at the college's North Campus near Wellsboro. The staff of the North Campus will fund the new scholarship, which will provide an annual award of $250 to a student in the North Campus Outreach Practical Nursing Program.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's plastics and polymer technology department has authored a textbook that has been well-received by the plastics industry. Kirk M. Cantor, professor of plastics and polymer technology, wrote the book "Blown Film Extrusion: An Introduction," which was released in April. The book is published by Hanser Gardner Publications.

Four members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Phi Beta Lambda chapter and their adviser attended the 2006 National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn., from June 23-28 two of them placing in the top 10 of their respective competition categories. Garry L.

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Cassandra Pickens , Assistant Director for Programming, Student Activities, starting July 10

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Board of Directors has approved an operating budget of $84,167,560 and established tuition and fee rates for the 2006-07 academic year. The operating budget represents a 2.52-percent decrease from 2005-06. Tuition for Pennsylvania residents will increase by $15 per credit hour to $301 per credit hour.

When Lizabeth Self Mullens began her duties recently as Pennsylvania College of Technology's new vice president for academic affairs/provost (the college's chief academic officer), she characterized it as "coming home." Mullens' impressive resume includes more than 25 years in higher-education administration and teaching at a variety of institutions, but the move to Penn College brought to mind t

Beginning in September, Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro will offer a new six-month program preparing students for a career in administrative office practice.

Robert G. Steward, a culinary arts technology student from Williamsport, teamed up with children attending day camp at Bruce E. Henry Park in Loyalsock Township on Thursday to make Rice Krispies "lizards." Steward and Frederick W. Becker, dean of hospitality, offered students their expertise about cooking and about hospitality careers.

Degree programs in human services at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently earned accreditation from the Council for Standards in Human Service Education. The college's bachelor-degree major in applied human services and its associate-degree major in human services have been accredited by the council for the next five years.