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Academic Support Services has help for MTH005 (Elementary Algebra I) students who are working on word problems. All MTH005 students are welcome to attend any or all of the following weekly PASS sessions (all in ACC, Room 227): 3-4 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and 10-11 a.m. Friday. In addition, an online session is offered through Web CT from 8:30-10 p.m.

Students in Free Enterprise toured the world headquarters of Campbell's Soup in Camden, N.J., on March 2, recruiting corporate representatives to attend the SIFE Career Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 11 at Penn College. From left are Dustin R. Derr, a business management major from Lewisburg; Jeremy J. Reynolds, business administration-management, Montoursville; Dennis R.

A second-year forest technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology is in contention for a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic boxing team. Anthony J. Tettis, of Ridgway, defeated Dorset Barnwell on Feb. 11 to win the heavyweight division of the U.S. Eastern Regional Boxing Championship in Pennsauken, N.J.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student is among only 10 national recipients of a Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr. Scholarship from the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute. Shawn A. Wasielewski, of Easton, majoring in building automation technology-HVAC, will receive $2,000 for the Spring 2007 semester.

On-campus internships in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, operated by the School of Hospitality at Pennsylvania College of Technology, give culinary arts students the chance to exercise their inventiveness as they work with the kitchen's professional staff. "The emphasis in this lab is on creativity," said Fred W. Becker, dean of hospitality.

Patrice M. Campbell, a business administration-marketing major from Montoursville, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for February.

Penn College students who have been in the military maynowreceive a fitness elective credit for their basic training, provided the training has taken place within the past 10 years. Students with military service would need to submit a transcript to the Admissions Office from the American Council on Education stating that the training has been evaluated.

New associate-degree students majoring in plastics and polymer technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology are eligible to receive $2,500 per semester up to a total of $5,000 toward the cost of their education, courtesy of the Pennsylvania Plastics Initiative Scholarship Program.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will serve a breakfast menu and brunch buffet on Sundays at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, trying their hands at kitchen management and menu development during one of the restaurant industry's most profitable periods of the day. A breakfast menu is offered beginning at 9:30 a.m.