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The Student Activities Awards Banquet, a yearend tradition to celebrate student leadership at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was held April 27 in Penn's Inn. Sponsored by the Student Government Association, the event spotlights the students and mentors among the college's vital and vibrant campus organizations. — Photos by William C. “Craig” Cameron Ashley M.

It's not every day that a cultural icon gives an online shoutout to a college student, but in fairness, Andrew C. Reisinger is no ordinary young man. Respectful of his parents, grateful for his education and unfailingly polite, it's no surprise that he'd be a national "poster boy" for success in the skilled trades.

Notable students and on-campus programming for March have been announced by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office. Selected as the Rising Star of the Month was Robert J. Lamb, a welding and fabrication engineering major from Lansing, N.Y., and a Resident Assistant in York Hall.

Seven Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently presented research during a student poster session at the Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Human Services annual conference. The students, in their final semester toward earning bachelor's degrees in applied human services, made up the majority of the 12 student poster presenters at the conference, held April 1-3 at Corning Community College.

Four students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies including a scholarship recipient participated in the April 14 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers. Matthew B.

From April 29 to May 13, The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Design: 2011," a portfolio exhibition by seniors in the college's graphic design major. A culminating project of their college curriculum, the students' annual exhibition will feature posters, books, magazine spreads and logos.

Invasive species such as autumn olive, exotic honeysuckle and ailanthus know no boundaries as where to take root. Thanks to a combined effort by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania College of Technology forestry students, fewer invasives are likely to survive on State Game Lands #252 near the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students contributed to The Pennsylvania State University Advanced Vehicle Team's EcoCar by producing custom brake rotors for the vehicle. The team, made up of Penn State students, is producing a hybrid vehicle for EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge.

Penn College construction management students finished second overall and brought home first-place honors in the Project Management category among 24 teams in last week's Associated Builders and Contractors Student Chapter Construction Management Competition in San Antonio. Representing the college's Construction Management Association were Nicholas J. Colaric, of Eighty Four; John M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology finished third overall, and 10 of its students placed in their respective events during the Mid-Atlantic Woodsman's Meet at Penn State Mont Alto. "It was definitely an opportunity that the students will never forget," said Erich R. Doebler, laboratory assistant for forest technology in the college's School of Natural Resources Management.