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An assistant professor of forest technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a session titled "Forest Technology Program Outcome Assessment" at the 8th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources at Virginia Tech. G.

Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology and four other institutions will compete when the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet returns to the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center on April 17. Participants will compete in a dozen event categories from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., including archery, ax throw, crosscut saw, log roll, pulp toss, pole fell, chain saw and speed chop.

Laurie A. Nau, a forest technology major from Jersey Shore, is the Student Government Association's latest Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Forest technology students at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center received some beneficial information from visiting industry professionals this past week. Robert Hansen, a Penn State Cooperative Extension forester, provided a training session, "Timber, the IRS & You," on Tuesday for students in Professor Dennis F. Ringling's Forest Land Management class.

A team of 14 Pennsylvania College of Technology students finished third overall and placed in 12 categories at the recent Mid-Atlantic States Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet at Allegany College of Maryland. During the annual event, which was hosted April 18 on the Cumberland, Md., campus, Penn College students Katherine L. Huddleson, Sheffield, and Kelly J.

Industry members with an interest in forest technology benefited from a free one-day seminar sponsored by Penn College and Haglof Inc. at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday. Attendees included Penn College faculty and members of both public and private entities, ranging from foresters and sawmill personnel to salesmen and Pennsylvania Game Commission employees.

Knowledgeable forest technology students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center ensured that Wednesday's annual observance of Earth Day wasn't merely a day out of school or just a chance to tromp through the mud for fifth-graders from Elimsport Elementary School. Professor Dennis F.

A forest technology student in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management has been awarded a $75 scholarship by the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools for his grade-point average. Derek J. Peterson, of Corry, was among the recipients chosen from CEFTS member institutions, which include nearly 30 schools with forest technology programs in the eastern United States and Canada.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center will observe the worldwide 39th Annual Earth Day by providing tours of the outdoor natural laboratory in and around the Allenwood-area campus. In what has become an Earth Day tradition, forestry professor Dennis F.

A cooperative project between Penn College forest technology students and the Pennsylvania Game Commission was featured in Tuesday evening's 5 p.m. Newswatch 16 broadcast. WNEP's Jim Hamill joined Game Commission personnel and students in Donald R.