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Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the computer aided product design major wrapped up their fall semester with a high-flying hands-on project. The students, all enrolled in the Design and Production Drawings course, spent the last four classes in the fall semester designing and building catapults, trebuchets and similar medieval-style throwing devices.

Laurie A. Nau, a forest technology major from Jersey Shore, is the Student Government Association's latest Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Penn College's Multicultural Society is conducting a relief effort for earthquake victims in Haiti. Collection boxes for clothing, nonperishable food and personal-hygiene products are in the lobbies of the Bush Campus Center, Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center, Klump Academic Center and Susquehanna Room.

The youngest daughter of Malcolm X challenged Penn College students to find personal meaning in Martin Luther King's words Monday night, issuing a potentially rewarding writing assignment in the process.

Key of V, a duo comprising Penn College students (and sisters) Erin M. and Valerie A. LaCerra, of Linden, was named Artist of the Year in a recent broadcast of The Billtown Bus Stop Radio Hour. "The Radio Hour emphasizes recordings that were created locally or have a regional connection," said musician/host Johnny J. Blair.

(Fall 2009 dean's list) Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced its Fall 2009 list of graduates: Jennifer M. Adams, Carlisle, Bachelor of Science, Applied Health StudiesRenee L. Alexander, Wellsboro, Associate of Applied Arts, Mass Media CommunicationLauri Algatt, Savannah, Ga., Bachelor of Science, Dental Hygiene: Health Policy and Administration Concentration, Cum LaudeAaron V.

(Fall 2009 list of graduates) The dean's list for the Fall 2009 semester has been announced at Penn College: Lance C. Abel, Dover, Bachelor of Science, Information Technology: Network Specialist ConcentrationJohn F. Aber, Wellsburg, N.Y., Associate of Applied Science, Welding TechnologyJaime R.

A freshman collision repair technology student is part ofthe vehicle-restoration crew featured in "Car Czar: Amphicar," to be rebroadcast at 3 p.m. Jan. 21 on the National Geographic Channel. Stephen P. Schwartz, of Huntingdon Valley,was a senior atLower Moreland High School when he wasrecommended by a teacherfor an internshipwiththe Marquis Auto Restoration Shop in Philadelphia.

Twenty-five students graduated recently from the Practical Nursing Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro. The distinguished speakers for the Dec.

With Spring 2010 classes just around the corner, Pennsylvania College of Technology greatly eased the start-up process for more than 150 new and transferring students. Joined by their families for the opening of Welcome Weekend on Jan.