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Nine Penn College students, led by Cassie M. Pickens, Student Activities' assistant director for programming, took part in a community-service project at the Williamsport YWCA on Saturday afternoon. Despite more than a touch of fall in the air, the group rolled up its collective sleeves to repaint driveway and parking-lot lines, among other maintenance at the 815 W. Fourth St. facility.

The second annual Quad College and University Business Plan Challenge is open to full- or part-time students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Lycoming College, Mansfield University and Lock Haven University. This is an excellent opportunity for students to sharpen business skills, refine business concepts, get feedback from business experts, build resumes and possibly win cash prizes.

The Penn College Institutional Advancement Office thanks participating student organizations for their support of the Roger and Peggy Madigan Library Campaign. Gifts totaling $2,750 were donated to help with the costs associated with the recently opened facility on the college's main campus the largest annual gift ever received from students at Penn College.

The Residence Life Office at Penn College has announced its latest round of awards, commending students and programs within the college's on-campus housing complexes.Chosen as "Resident Assistant of the Month" was Sarah J. Landis, a physician assistant major from Lititz and an RA in The Village."This RA understands the importance of building strong relationships with residents ...

A national trade organization recently awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Burton T. Maines Jr., of Williamsport, an HVAC technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Maines is among recipients in The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute's 2006 Clifford H. "Ted" Rees Jr.

Students enrolled in majors offered by Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will take their skills on the road, providing catering services at Hunt Country Vineyards' Gourmet Harvest Festival in Branchport, N.Y., on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Participating students are enrolled in a Catering course at Penn College.

Laura A. Luttrell, a dental hygiene major from Elizabethtown, has been chosen by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association as "Student of the Month" for September. Among her extracurricular activities, this month's honoree is vice president of The Student American Dental Hygienists' Association and participates in SGA.

A business administration-human resource management major at Pennsylvania College of Technology has received a $1,000 scholarship from the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. The West Branch Human Resources Society presented the award to Michelle L.

Seven members of the Pennsylvania College of Technology student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers participated in the 2006 Mini Baja Midwest competition which simulates real-world engineering-design projects and their related challenges and the group already is planning for the 2007 event.

Students from the School of Hospitality's artistic buffet course took to the ice Wednesday morning on the patio outside the Susquehanna Room. Under the direction of Frank M. Suchwala, instructor of hospitality management and culinary arts, the students carved goldfish sculptures from blocks of ice.