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Eight members of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Colony of Sigma Nu fraternity recently contributed several hours' work to a local Habitat for Humanity project. Volunteering at a property on Mahaffey Street in the Newberry section of Williamsport, the crew worked with drywall and sealed holes in the ceiling where electrical and plumbing had been installed. Photos by Kenneth L.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host a student portfolio exhibit April 30-May 7. Sixteen students will exhibit more than 160 pieces of work they created during their studies toward earning bachelor's degrees in graphic design.

Representatives from the state Department of Education: Veterans/Military Education Division will be on hand May 4 at Pennsylvania College of Technology to present the most up-to-date information about the Post-9/11 GI Bill-Chapter 33. The free session will provide details about the education benefits available to those who are serving or who have served in the military.

More than 75 students were inducted Saturday into the Pennsylvania College of Technology chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students enrolled in two-year programs.

Three commencement ceremonies will be held May 15-16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for the nearly 950 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology at the conclusion of the Spring 2009 semester.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students from a variety of organizations provided event support April 18 at the Pennsylvania Odyssey of the Mind state finals, which brought more than 3,000 people to the Williamsport area. Students from Phi Theta Kappa (Benjamin Bollinger, Katie E. Buhrman, Timothy E. Funk, Matthew S. Hyde, Andrew T. Koskie, Marc E. Nelson, Amie L. Rinier, Ernest M.

Knowledgeable forest technology students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center ensured that Wednesday's annual observance of Earth Day wasn't merely a day out of school or just a chance to tromp through the mud for fifth-graders from Elimsport Elementary School. Professor Dennis F.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student recently organized an educational conference for teen parents attending Lycoming County high schools. Julie A. Bair, of Linden, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied human services, organized the conference as part of her senior capstone project.

Students from across Pennsylvania College of Technology's varied curricula got a closer look at a Kenworth Eaton hybrid electric truck, thanks to an open invitation from an instructor of diesel equipment technology at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The standing-room-only April 14 presentation by Mark E.

Five student members of Penn College's American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers chapter recently cleaned up the organization's adopted 2-mile portion of Route 15 near Trout Run. Students participating in the cleanup were Nicholas A. Clark, Matthew J. Kinneman, Matthew P. Robinson, George R. Urschel and Michael L. Way.