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The latest luminous lineup of Resident Assistants and their student-housing programs has been announced by PennsylvaniaCollege of Technology's Residence Life Office. RA of the Month Megan Pennington, a graphic design major from Baltimore, was honored as RA of the Month for contributions to the department and her ability to balance multiple roles as student, RA, and campus leader.

Pennsylvania's home of hands-on education is adding an appropriately personal touch to its institutional Web presence, giving the public an opportunity to submit photographs for online use. Through a new "Share your creativity" link on Penn College's home page, photos of the campus and related activities may be submitted for consideration.

Penn College's Students in Free Enterprise chapter was second runner-up at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in Philadelphia on Monday. More than 35 teams attended this year's competition, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

A gift from the estate of a longtime school librarian is being used to establish a scholarship fund for students in nursing majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The estate of Barbara Oldt has donated more than $224,000 to Penn College to establish the Mary Ellen Horlacher Oldt Nursing Scholarship. Barbara Oldt died in August 2007.

Four first-grade classes from Lyter Elementary School in Montoursville visited labs at Penn College on March 23. The children enjoyed activities in graphic communications laboratories and in the School of Hospitality. They screen-printed T-shirts, twisted pretzels, learned to set tables and practice good table manners, and toured facilities.

Fifteen Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture students along with horticulture faculty members Carl J. Bower, instructor, and Dennis P. Skinner, assistant professor took a field trip to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh on March 17 and stopped for a planned visit to tour Eichenlaub Landscape Contractors.

If news-media coverage is any indication, the word is getting out about Pennsylvania College of Technology. Beginning Monday, March 22, you may view examples of Penn College media coverage on the PCToday news-and-information Web site.

A number of Penn College students were on hand for the eighth annual Kid's Day at the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum in South Williamsport on Saturday.

Seven members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Construction Management Association representing the smallest institution among the 23 colleges and universities at the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. national competition in San Diego recently returned with four awards including Student Chapter of Excellence honors.

A total of 44 Penn College employees and students nominated as "Awesome Women Exemplars" were recognized Monday evening during a reception in the PDC's Mountain Laurel Room. Nearly 130 past honorees also were celebrated during the fifth annual event, held in conjunction with Women's History Month. Sara R.