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Pennsylvania College of Technology, in conjunction with the Penn State University Athletic Conference, has announced the recipients of the Fall 2010 All-Academic Team award. The award is given to student-athletes with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better in the semester of competition. Of 95 student-athletes competing in the fall semester, 42 made the grade.

Students Zachary D. Derck, a culinary arts and systems student from Northumberland, and Jordan T. Homet, a culinary arts technology student from Granville Summit, recently were provided a back-scenes White House tour by a military representative. The students were accompanied by Samuel A. Morgante, executive chef of Dining Services at Penn College and a former Navy and White House chef.

Twenty-one students recently graduated from the practical nursing program at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus, with a ceremony held Dec. 16. The students chose N. Kim Johnson, a flight nurse for Geisinger Medical Center and a substitute clinical instructor in the program, as the distinguished speaker for the ceremony. Larry L.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its December 2010 graduates. The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are: President's Award, presented for leadership and service to the college: Robert Joseph Zinsmeister, Williamsport, automotive technology management.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held a commencement ceremony at the Community Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 18, for the 380 students who petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2010 semester. The student speaker was Eric D. Felker, of Littlestown, who received a bachelor’s degree in information technology: web and applications development concentration. Also speaking was Dennis F.

Katrina M. Snelgrove, a baking and pastry arts student at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently named a finalist in a national chocolate-dessert competition sponsored by Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products.

Pennsylvania College of Technology announced the winners of its annual Food Show, which included a chocolate house auction that raised $1,600 for the Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity. The Food Show included about 80 entries from students in seven advanced culinary arts and baking and pastry arts courses, and all seven courses were judged by culinary arts professionals from across the region.

On Thursday night, the Penn College Construction Association hosted a hands-on activity for about a dozen Cub Scouts from Den 38 (St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church). The Scouts, in the process of earning their Wolf patches, needed to complete a Building and Fixing requirement as part of that process.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 18, for the 380 students who have petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2010 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker is Eric D.

Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education recently completed a library-enhancement project at the Montour County Prison. The CACCE members worked to collect, organize and redistribute a variety of new, high-quality textbooks that were donated by the faculty, staff and students of Penn College.