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Nearly 110 employers were at Penn College's Career Fair on Tuesday, visiting main campus and the Schneebeli Earth Science Center to offer students and alumni an incredible networking opportunity for more than 1,250 full- and part-time jobs and internships. WBRE's Stef Davis stopped by the Field House late Tuesday morning; her piece on the Career Fair including an interview with Erin 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.

Seventeen Pennsylvania College of Technology students and two chaperones traveled to Florida for an Alternative Spring Break, working with the Greater Miami chapter of Habitat for Humanity through the Collegiate Challenge program. The year-round initiative offers groups of five or more, age 16 and older, the opportunity to visit one of Habitat’s 200 host affiliates throughout the United States.

Taylor M. Kijak, scheduled to graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology, has been chosen as February's Student of the Month. Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association regularly recognizes students on the basis of commitment, service, role-model behavior, academics, leadership and campus involvement.

A physician assistant student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was awarded a full scholarship for 2010-11 through the National Health Service Corps. Heather J. Simonson, a junior from Catawissa, was one of 125 students selected from a pool of 65,000 applicants.

Photo gallery The winners have been announced in an annual cake competition held at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The competition featured students in an advanced cake-decorating class taught by Suzann L. Major, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts.

Twelve Pennsylvania College of Technology students are completing their studies toward an associate degree in early childhood education with practicum experiences at area facilities.

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.

A landscape/horticulture technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology received a $2,500 scholarship at the 2011 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Leadership Summit held Feb. 10 in Lancaster.

Community volunteers and Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty treated 37 children on Feb. 5 as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's statewide Sealant Saturday initiative.