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Students in the School of Business and Computer Technologies' four-year information technology: web applications development major and its two-year information technology: web applications technology major recently attended an informative get-together in Penn's Inn. Held by Pat Coulter and Denise S.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded $2,000 scholarships from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute. Mark P. Hunsicker, of Lansdale, enrolled in the four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major, and Stanley D.

While many will spend the three-day holiday weekend away from classroom buildings, enjoying the outdoors as summer wends its way to a close, one Pennsylvania College of Technology student will spend the full weekend with his laptop computer in Room 166 of the Bush Campus Center. Garrett M. Book, of Lebanon, has chosen to participate in the International 3-Day Novel Contest.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will prepare free samples of dishes made with fresh, local food products at the Williamsport Growers Market on Sept. 12. Students enrolled in a Catering class offered by the college's School of Hospitality will prepare food on-site from 8 a.m.

Members of the American Welding Society student chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology designed and fabricated a bench to memorialize a former classmate who died in an automobile accident. Colt W. Jenny, of New Sewickley Township, who graduated with an associate degree in welding technology in December 2007, died in September 2008. He was 21.

Greek Week began with formal expansion of the Pennsylvania College of Technology community to include two sororities – Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Sigma Sigma, both of which held bid days on Aug. 30. The women selected their respective organizations and, amid a festive atmosphere that night in Penn's Inn, celebrated their new memberships.

Three Act 101 students (Khamila M. Baines, Monica B. Freeman and Shameia M. Lee), a Summer PLUS 2009 student (Shyla M. Taylor) and a past student (Brandon H.

Penn College, which last week ushered in the 63rd Little League World Series with a cookout and an impressive presence in the Grand Slam Parade, continues to be a most valuable player on the event's support team.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Children's Learning Center has been approved for funding to help provide child-care access to its students as part of a four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

Summer 2009 dean's list The Summer 2009 list of graduates from Pennsylvania College of Technology has been announced: John C. Abromitis II, Selinsgrove, Associate of Applied Science, Automotive Technology, High HonorsMansor Abdullah Alanki, Houston, Texas, Associate of Applied Science, Emergency Medical ServicesAmos A.