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The Plastics Manufacturing Center's eighth annual Extrusion Seminar, drawing on the capabilities and modern facilities of Penn College's plastics and polymer technology department, wrapped up three days of classroom lectures and laboratory time Thursday.

A free briefing on Radio Frequency Identification technology was held Thursday in the PDC Mountain Laurel Room. Major retailers such as Wal-Mart, distributors and the Defense Department are beginning to mandate the use of RFID, which tags and tracks items via radio waves. Two Penn College faculty members Jeffrey D.

More than 280 students have petitioned to graduate in August from Pennsylvania College of Technology, which will hold a Summer Commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Aug. 5 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport.The student speaker for the ceremony will be Randolph W.

The sixth annual NRM Golf Invitational, held July 12 at the White Deer Golf Course,raised about $5,000 to fund an endowed scholarship for Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management. Unfazed by rain and well-fed by Le Jeune Chef restaurant, 21 teams comprised of industry representatives and faculty/staff competed.

The Gallery at Penn College is set to open at the new Roger and Peggy Madigan Library on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus on Aug. 14 and has a varied slate of talented artists lined up for its inaugural year in the new location. The premiere exhibit features a show of work by full- and part-time Penn College art faculty.

The Architectural Woodwork Institutewrapped upits summer Career and Technology Education Week, a series of skill-building sessions and informative tours headquartered at Penn College.

The Architectural Woodwork Institute will host a program of "graduate level" courses, clinics, seminars and workshops for professional architectural woodworkers during its Career and Technology Education Week from June 20-24 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Sessions will take place at the college's main campus in Williamsport and at the nearby Hermance Machine Co. William F.

During a three-day Health Careers Camp on the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus, 40 teens will convene for a hands-on preview of several career options in the health and medical field. The camp, scheduled June 14-16, is offered jointly by the college and Susquehanna Health System to help students in their career search.

Baking and pastry arts students at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a striking display of fine desserts a final skills-competency test and, for most, one of their last projects before graduation during an "Alice in Wonderland"-themed Grand Pastry Buffet. The Grand Pastry Buffet was held recently as part of the Penn College Foundation's sixth annual Scholarship Reception.

Penn College placed second among six teams in last month's Heavy Equipment Rodeo at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The traditional event, at which students perform a number of maneuvers testing their skill on a variety of construction equipment, was won by Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Pleasant Gap.