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Industrious business students at Pennsylvania College of Technology have begun one of the largest food drives in local history, hoping to collect 10,000 nonperishable items at various locations by April 30. Spurred by one of its corporate sponsors the Campbell Soup Co.

Penn College hosted a reception Tuesday for students, alumni, faculty and staff who have served in the military, an event highlighted by dedication of a college banner displayed at Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in Afghanistan at the request of student Robert A. Miller during his service there.

Penn College's Students in Free Enterprise chapter was among nearly 40 teams in regional competition April 3 in Tarrytown, N.Y. Pictured in the back row, from left, are Magdalena M. Szczesna, Richard B. Seymore, Christopher D. Erdman, Dennis R. Williams (adviser) and SIFE President Dustin R. Derr. In the front row, from left, are Kim Williams, Kaitlyn M. Kennedy (president-elect), Christopher M.

A forest technology student in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management has been awarded a $75 scholarship by the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools for his grade-point average. Derek J. Peterson, of Corry, was among the recipients chosen from CEFTS member institutions, which include nearly 30 schools with forest technology programs in the eastern United States and Canada.

An incoming freshman and his teammate were featured in a Newswatch 16 report Wednesday about their participation in next week's 2009 National Automotive Technology Competition in New York.

Bradley A. Yohn, of Shade Gap, on track to graduate with five degrees earned in just three and a half years, has been chosen as the March "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Colony of Sigma Nu Fraternity will sponsor a spring car show from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2, on the college's main campus in Williamsport. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Carl Building Technologies Center; directional signs will route participants from the college's Maynard Street entrance.

Six Pennsylvania College of Technology students representing a majority of the college's eight academic schools earned first-place honors at the recent SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference, making them eligible for national competition June 21-26 in Kansas City, Mo.

Students in Free Enterprise, one of Penn College's many community-minded campus organizations, assisted in making Williamsport's second annual Easter Egg Hunt a fun, family event.

Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education completed a library-enhancement project at the Lycoming County Prison. The CACCE members worked to collect, organize and redistribute a variety of new, high-quality textbooks that were donated by the faculty and staff of Penn College.