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A team of two-year students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies, first-place winners at this year's National Association of Home Builders Residential Construction Management Competition, recently was honored by the Pennsylvania Senate for its accomplishment. Comprising the championship team, coached by Barney A.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was awarded The Pennsylvania State University's 2011 Achieving Women Award for her work at Penn State Schuylkill. Penny K. Shade, of Schuylkill Haven, works in Penn State Schuylkill's Hidden Stream and oversees the campus's catering service. She also is pursuing a bachelor's degree in culinary arts and systems from Penn College.

A new textbook price-comparison service is available online through The College Store at Pennsylvania College of Technology, one of only 40 institutions nationwide to provide such a program. Students now will be able to compare The College Store's textbook prices with those offered through Amazon and Half.com, then make purchases from the chosen vendor.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students and a faculty sponsor represented the institution's Pennsylvania Xi chapter of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society for students seeking baccalaureate degrees, at its recent national convention. Amy S. Dibble, of Montoursville, and Nathan A.

Tuesday afternoon's Grad Finale in Penn's Inn offered soon-to-be Penn College alumni a convenient locale from which to check off their commencement "to-do list" all in one day.

Fifth-graders from Montgomery Elementary School convened in a classroom "as big as all outdoors" on Tuesday, visiting the Schneebeli Earth Science Center for an environmentally themed field trip timed to this month's Earth Day observance. As they have for a number of years, forest technology students at Penn College (marshaled by Dennis F.

Physician assistant students visited the Children's Learning Center on Monday to practice health assessments on young children. As the photo shows, turnabout is fair play at these practice "clinics," where big students learn how to work with the little ones, and theyoungsters benefit by having a fun and positive experience with a health care professional.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students from a variety of organizations provided event support at Saturday's statewide Odyssey of the Mind competition, which brought 3,000 to 4,000 people to the Williamsport area. Students from Phi Theta Kappa (Grant A. Fassett, Timothy E.Funk, Kristina M. Wisneski, Danielle A. Lister, Christiana M. Snyder, Cheryl L. Moore, Robert J. Rowse Jr.

Nine Pennsylvania College of Technology students, gold medalists at the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held April 6-8 at the Hershey Lodge, have won the right to compete at the national level this summer.

A semester-long project by students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's Advanced Patisserie Operations class culminated Friday morning in a baking and pastry "trade show" in the Hager Lifelong Education Center.