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The Student Government Association has announced the results from last week's six-day online election for its 2006-07 Executive Board. "There was an outstanding turnout, with over5 percent of the student body voting this year beating the 2-percent national average for student government voting turnouts," noted Kirk M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students once again have proved to be worldly-wise players in the Business Strategy Game, a Web-based competition that pits simulated corporations against one another in the fickle global marketplace. The co-managers of the fictitious Delphi athletic-footwear company Jennie E. Mull, a technology management student from Huntingdon; Amy M.

Some students enrolled in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Cisco Networking Academy program recently had the opportunity to apply the skills they have acquired to the benefit of a Williamsport business: AmerITGrads LLC. Under the supervision of Jeffrey B.

James Riedel, an automotive management technology major from Quogue, N.Y., has been chosen byPennsylvania College of Technology'sStudent Government Association as "Student of the Month" for March.

A world-renowned cake decorator will sponsor the first "CalJava Wedding Cake Contest" at Pennsylvania College of Technology on May 1. Daniel Budiman, CEO of CalJava International the contest's sponsor and editor of Here Comes the Cake magazine, has earned fame for his unique wedding-cake designs.

Four architectural technology majors are the winners of the 2006 "Strongest Bridge" contest: Corey N. Andreas, of Bloomsburg; Ryan L. Lewis, of Abbottstown; Matthew C.Toth, of Lancaster;and Henrik L. Berger, of RR 1, Huntingdon. Their bridge, made of construction paper and glue as outlined in the annual competition, weighed .35 of a pound and carried 136.2 pounds 389 times its weight!

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students earned gold medals in this month's competition at the Pennsylvania SkillsUSA Conference in Lancaster, qualifying them for national competition in Kansas City, Mo., in June. Nine of 17 Penn College competitors brought home medals in the statewide competition, which was held March 13-15 at the Willow Valley Resort and Conference Center.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association voted unanimously in front of a packed room of approximately 60 students at its March senate meeting to support the recently proposed rental-inspection ordinance for the City of Williamsport. "We are in favor because we feel that safety is something worth paying for," said SGA President Sabrena A.

The Residence Life Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced a number of recent honors, spotlighting praiseworthy students and programs among the college's four residence-hall complexes. Chosen as "Resident Assistant of the Month" was Rachel S. Hall, a culinary arts technology major from Altoona, in her third year at The Village at Penn College.

Environmental technology students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management have partnered with the Lycoming County Planning Commission to perform an "illicit discharge" survey for stormwater. The students under the guidance of Debra A. Buckman, assistant professor of environmental technology, and Steve R.