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A new scholarship fund that will benefit students enrolled in majors within the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology will begin generating scholarship awards in the coming academic year. The Savoy Health Sciences Scholarship is an endowed scholarship fund established by Carol Savoy.

About 65 students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's heavy construction equipment and diesel technology majors were treated to a recent demonstration of Volvo pipe-laying equipment at the Wayne Township Landfill in McElhattan. The event, the latest in Volvo's ongoing partnership with the college, was a collaboration among Henry J.

A reception Wednesday honored individuals, businesses and other groups that have made "gifts that work" to help Penn College students by providing scholarships and industry-standard equipment and meeting other instructional and facilities needs.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Keystone Dining Room was recently transformed into the "Keystone Theatre" for the annual Grand Pastry Buffet.

A Boeing 727-200F aircraft from FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) made its final descent Wednesday onto the runway at the Williamsport Regional Airport. Celebration of this landing and tremendously generous donation to Pennsylvania College of Technology took place at the college's Lumley Aviation Center. A tour of the aircraft followed its arrival.

A leading provider of equipment, controls and services for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and security systems has selected Pennsylvania College of Technology as a beta-testing site for new building automation software. Johnson Controls Inc. donated equipment and software valued at more than $18,000 to be used in four buildings on the Penn College campus.

Performing one of their last duties before graduating from the baking and pastry arts major, students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's Pastry Food Show and Buffet Presentation Concepts course prepared and served a Grand Pastry Buffet attended by members of Penn College's 1914 Society on Sunday.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation has been approved as an Educational Improvement Organization under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program administered by the state Department of Community and Economic Development.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will expand its opportunities in welding education, thanks to a donation from Chesapeake Energy Corp. Chesapeake Energy presented Penn College with a check for $25,000 to purchase an engine-driven Lincoln welder, as well as a pipe beveling machine and associated supplies. Chesapeake also donated a supply of pipe for use in welding education.

An annual seminar at Pennsylvania College of Technology that teaches high school students about the workings of government in Pennsylvania will be supported by a donation from Pennsylvania General Energy Co., LLC, through the state's Education Improvement Tax Credit program. Pennsylvania General Energy Co., headquartered in Warren, has donated $20,000 through the EITC program to support the Sen.