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A team of two-year construction students recently reinforced Pennsylvania College of Technology's historic presence at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., placing third and keeping alive a streak of top-three finishes that goes back to 1999.

The West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association and a business owned by one of its officers have donated another $620 to two teams of Pennsylvania College of Technology construction students to help defray the costs of competing at the upcoming International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla.

A class of Pennsylvania College of Technology masonry students recently gained valuable experience at a worldwide-focused mission near Montoursville, continuing the institution's tradition of community service through hands-on involvement.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's construction majors received a continued boost at a recent awards banquet: the year's second contribution from The Women's Council of the West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association to defray the costs of annually attending the National Association of Home Builders competition.

Students from the School of Construction and Design Technologies are displaying their knowledge and skills by creating an area of respite to be enjoyed by the Penn College community. A Remembrance Garden, designed by students in the architecture program at the college, is being constructed on the east side of the Carl Building Technologies Center.

Penn College construction students became teachers for the day, giving architectural students from The Pennsylvania State University a hands-on tutorial in the School of Construction and Design Technologies' masonry lab.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students again have carried the institution's reputation far beyond campus borders, earning acclaim in a recent national competition and returning home with a sense of personal accomplishment at a job well-done among high-caliber challengers.

Nearly 50 people a mix of industry professionals and Pennsylvania College of Technology construction students recently underwent American Concrete Institute certification testing on the college's main campus in Williamsport.

The West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association delivered two substantial gifts for Pennsylvania College of Technology construction students at its holiday banquet this week: donations totaling $4,000 to help defray the costs of competing at January's International Builders' Show in Florida.

One of the nation's largest homebuilders is expanding its partnership with Pennsylvania's premier technical college, Pennsylvania College of Technology. Debra M. Miller, director of corporate relations at Penn College, said Dallas-based Centex Homes recently provided the college with a gift of $25,000.