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Three Penn College students will share $175 in prize money for their winning entries in the Madigan Library's "To Kill a Mockingbird" essay contest.

Wildlife Management students conducted their yearly controlled burn on state game lands near Penn College's Earth Science Center on Tuesday, killing invasive plants in designated areas and thanks to the day's breezy conditions gaining hands-on experience in the spread and subsequent control of wildfires.

A dozen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management recently participated in 16 horticulture-related events at the Professional Landscape Network's Student Career Days competition at Michigan State University. Two of the students finished near the top of their respective categories during the March 29-to-April 1 event: Anthony S.

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology students earned gold medals at the recent Pennsylvania SkillsUSA Conference, qualifying them for national competition from June 26-29 in Kansas City, Mo. They were among the 12 Penn College competitors who returned with medals from the statewide competition, which was held March 28-30 at the Lehigh Career and Technical Institute in Allentown.

Students enrolled in "Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy"stand in front of the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, where they ventured Saturday to view the current exhibit titled "Home & Beast." The museum, in operation since 1995, features the works of self-taught artists, many of whom struggled with psychological maladies at some time in their lives.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students used Lycoming County Big Read's featured novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, as their muse for book jacket designs that both fill course requirements and adorn area Big Read venues. The students were rewarded for the efforts on March 26 at Borders bookstore in the Lycoming Mall.

Penn College Police and Student Affairs were among those on hand Thursday to advise Penn College students on "How to Party Safely and Legally." The fun, informative program provided students with detailed information about how to host parties thatare safe and legal (and therefore within college policy).

The Residence Life Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced its latest group of honorees, commendable student leaders and notable programs both in the institution's on-campus housing complexes and beyond. Resident Assistants of the Month Chosen as "Resident Assistants of the Month" were two RAs from The Village: James A.

A team of architectural technology students won the 17th annual "Bridging the Gap" competition, with a construction-paper bridge that carried 119.39 times its weight. Team members, whose creation came out on top after Tuesday's weight-bearing tests, are Jared T. Sims, Souderton; Jessica L. Cruise, Scranton; Jason T. Detwiler, Liberty; Gregory E. O'Connor, Islip Terrace, N.Y.; and Brendan J.

Mwaura K. Ngoima, an aviation maintenance technology student from Kenya, recently became the first Penn College international student toattain his aircraft electronics technician certification. Ngoima was the second of10 Penn College studentsto pass the exam so far and the first in his home country.