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A team of two-year construction students recently reinforced Pennsylvania College of Technology's historic presence at the International Builders Show in Orlando, Fla., placing third and keeping alive a streak of top-three finishes that goes back to 1999.

Beginning with the Fall 2007 semester, electronic tuition bills (eBill) will replace paper bills for returning Pennsylvania College of Technology students. New students still will receive a printed bill, but returnees (and/or their designees) will access an online bill via the secure Student Information System.

Twenty Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been hired to help provide food service for the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky., in early May.

The Student Nurses' Association was among the exhibitors at Sunday's "Clearly Kids Expo" at the YMCA Pickelner Arena. The group's colorful and well-attended booth focused on healthy eating habits for children and increased activity to promote a healthy lifestyle.

Students in Donald Nibert's Wildlife Management class visited the Loyalsock Game Farm during their three-hour lab Thursday to assist the Pennsylvania Game Commission in erecting nylon netting over holding pens for newly hatched pheasants. The netting is applied to protect the 4-week-old chicks from avian predators.

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students turned in blue-ribbon performances, and a number of classmates also placed during forestry-related events at the recent Mid-Atlantic Woodsman's Meet on the main campus of Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Virginia.

When Pennsylvania College of Technology's electronics and computer engineering technology department moves into a new building − the Center for Business and Workforce Development on West Fourth Street in Williamsport − it will take with it a student-designed system meant to simplify the task of tracking the equipment students must borrow to complete projects. Bradley S.

Christi J. Crist, a technology management major from Canton, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for April.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been selected to attend the National Restaurant Association's Salute to Excellence, scheduled in Chicago in late May.

Penn College students placed first and third in the second annual Quad College & University Business Plan Challenge, exiting the Community Theatre League with a total of $15,000 in prize money Tuesday afternoon. Corey M. Weems, a manufacturing engineering technology major from Williamsport, was awarded the $10,000 grand prize, and Matthew L.