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The on-campus and off-campus activities of an applied human services student from Lewistown have resulted in her selection as the 2011-12 recipient of the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Ashley M. Stuck, who will be entering her junior year at Penn College this fall, was chosen from among numerous applicants for the $1,000 scholarship award.

A class project supported by alumni donations has resulted in a new scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. One of the options offered to alumni when they receive their annual request for donations to Penn College is to direct their gifts to one of Penn College's eight academic schools.

Prospective enrollees in Penn College's legal assistant/paralegal majors visited Thursday for an informative overview of the program. Participants explored academics and real-world applications with faculty and other School of Business and Computer Technologies principals; toured main campus with admissions representative Brian D. Walton and Bradley M.

A contest to select this year's Mardi Gras King and Queen in Williamsport has resulted in a big boost for a scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Mike Morgan, a former Penn College student, won the Mardi Gras King/Queen contest in March as the nominee for Franco's Lounge.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students and a faculty sponsor represented the institution's Pennsylvania Xi chapter of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society for students seeking baccalaureate degrees, at its recent national convention. Amy S. Dibble, of Montoursville, and Nathan A.

A professor of management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently was honored for his long and significant service to the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. During the organization's yearly conference, held March 29 to April 1 in Las Vegas, Terry A. Girdon was presented with The John L.

Representatives of Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for pupils during the Spring 2011 semester. In their most recent visit, Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M.

A member of the physics faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a talk at the 59th Annual Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers Central Pennsylvania Section. David S.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology chapters for three honor societies held induction ceremonies on March 19, honoring 93 new members for their academic achievement. Phi Theta Kappa Sixty-one students were inducted into the college's Beta Epsilon Upsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students enrolled in two-year academic majors.

Their chosen arena is more Hospitality than Hogwarts, but a baker's dozen of Penn College students proved themselves wizards all the same in designing cakes inspired by the Harry Potter books and movies.