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As part of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Scholarship Campaign, Penn College Foundation Board of Directors member Paul H. Rooney Jr. and his wife, Tacie, have established an annual scholarship in memory of Tacie’s parents. First preference for awards from the C. Leroy and Evelyn M.

Meeting a middle school goal – and proving a guidance counselor wrong – Benjamin M. Schappel, a CAD student, peer mentor/tutor and the college’s first commuter assistant, developed Smorgas Board Co. Schappell soars above the Lifland Skatepark, between Williamsport’s Elm Park and Original Little League Field.

Visiting Chef Kristi Ritchey, a 2002 Pennsylvania College of Technology culinary arts technology graduate and executive chef of Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop’s four Los Angeles-area restaurants, worked closely with students for three days to produce Friday’s Visiting Chef Dinner. The elegant dinner raises funds for scholarships and provides opportunities for students to work alongside top chefs.

Carol Savoy, a 1973 graduate, recalls trolley tracks and dirt parking lots during her student days. She is president of Savoy Contract Furniture, the company her late husband, John, established. Carol and the late John Savoy. It was the work of health care providers who helped during John’s three-year illness that inspired Carol to establish a scholarship for health sciences students.

An alumna, touted by a Los Angeles publication as one of that city’s top chefs, will be the next Visiting Chef at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

The family and friends of Jacob D. Parkes have established a scholarship to honor the Pennsylvania College of Technology student who died a year ago in an automobile accident. At the time of his death, Parkes, 21, of Lewisburg, was a senior majoring in business at Penn College.

The third volume in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Countdown to the Centennial series, an abundantly illustrated book that employs a variety of promotional images to chronicle the transformation from Williamsport Technical Institute into Pennsylvania's premier technical college, has been published. Like other titles in the series, “Marketing With a Mission” was written by Elaine J.

As part of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Scholarship Campaign, Robert G. Feaster, a 1973 alumnus, has committed to funding an endowed scholarship over the next five years. When fully endowed, the Robert Feaster Family Scholarship will benefit full-time students enrolled in the School of Construction & Design Technologies who demonstrate financial need and academic performance.

Employees in the General Services department at Pennsylvania College of Technology are supporting a scholarship established by one of their own.

Assistant Professor J.D. Mather leads an engineering design class. Small gifts - $15 registration fees - from 500 participants in the Health Sciences 5K run/walk went a long way to helping the school's scholarship fund reach endowment. From the Fall 2013 issue of One College Avenue magazine: A Penn College education holds tremendous promise for a fulfilling future.