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Students in the Baking and Pastry Applications Class presented Pastry Product Development, Merchandising, Packaging and Marketing in the Susquehanna Room lobby Tuesday morning. Each student chose a product to promote for his or her bakery at a "Trade Show," presenting samples of their products, along with packaging and promotional materials. Participants were Jenna A.

The creativity of students in the School of Construction and Design Technologies once again was on display this month in the Carl Building Technologies Center. Winners of the You Be the Judge competition, chosen in online balloting by members of the Penn College community, are: "Eden's Gate," crafted by Benjamin J. Johnson and Erick N.

Members of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education recently attended the annual statewide conference of the Correctional Education Association of Pennsylvania, traveling to the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona to participate in the three-day event.

The president of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Phi Mu Delta fraternity has received a scholarship to attend the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute in Bloomington, Ind., this summer. Bryan G.

The Wildcat Events Board was named Walk-It-Out "Team of the Year" for raising the most money ($547) for the American Cancer Society at the April 17 event on Penn College's main campus. WEB was among the student organizations fielding a team for the charity walk, which has raised more than $5,400 to date.

Fundraising efforts by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association have resulted in another scholarship award for a returning student. Megan R. Pennington, of Baltimore, was selected from a field of 18 applicants to receive a $1,000 Student Leader Legacy Scholarship award for the 2010-11 academic year. Outgoing SGA President Kyle M.

Representatives of Penn College's School of Hospitality again helped at Sunday's spirited Iron Chef competition, which raised about $6,000 for the Family Promise network of local churches that feed and house the homeless. Serving as judges for the second annual event modeled after a Food Network series and held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church along Market Street were Robert A.

Eleven members of Penn College's Horticulture Club participated in the second annual PLANET Day of Service on Thursday, marking Earth Day 2010 by beautifying the grounds of an area church. "We cleaned up and weeded and ripped out plants at the First United Methodist Church in Montgomery," said Carl J.

Pennsylvania College of Technology student Ryan P. McCollum, of Warrington, received a national scholarship from the American Welding Society Foundation for the 2010-11 academic year. McCollum, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology, was selected to receive the Past Presidents Scholarship.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association and the Student Activities Office recognized the dedication and work of student leaders and organizations at its annual awards banquet in Penn's Inn on Wednesday night. SGA President Kyle M. Pfueller installed the 2010-11 president, Adam J. Yoder, who took office with the SGA Executive Board for the upcoming year: Ashlyn M.