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Two students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will be honored at a "Salute to Excellence" program in Chicago sponsored by a national trade association. Through a rigorous selection process, School of Hospitality faculty chose Tacy L. De Green, Bloomsburg, a sophomore in the baking and pastry arts major; and Jennifer R.

Baking and pastry arts students at Pennsylvania College of Technology displayed some of their final works before graduation during the Grand Pastry Buffet, held recently as part of the Penn College Foundation's fifth annual Scholarship Reception.

Ethan G. Smith of Lititz, who will graduate Saturday with a degree in collision repair technology, is the first recipient of the Penn College collision repair department's Orelli Award for student service-adviser excellence. The award is sponsored by Rusty Orelli and Orelli's Supply Co., 192 Locust St., Williamsport, the PPG paint and materials supplier for the department's paint lab.

A student in Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Thomson Course Technology, a worldwide leader in computer-education products and services. James R.

The three-man team of Dallas Shuman, Uriah Pierce and Mike Kershner was the grand-prize winner in the Fitness Center Challenge, losing a total of 33.5 pounds of fat over the course of the contest. Each team member receives a refund of his Fitness Center semester membership (an $80 value). The contest started Feb.

The Office of Residence Life held its annual end-of-the-year banquet Sunday and honored Nathaniel L. Baum as "Resident Assistant of the Year." Baum, a technology management major from Elizabethtown and an RA at Penn College for the past three years, was honored for his long track record as a solid performer.

A new scholarship fund will benefit students enrolled in Pennsylvania College of Technology's bachelor-degree major in construction management. The college's Construction Management (BCM) Advisory Committee finalized an agreement recently with the Penn College Foundation to establish the Construction Management (BCM) Annual Scholarship.

Six students in the registered-nurse associate-degree major recently participated in the second-annual Nursing Student Challenge at College Misericordia. Among the 11 colleges represented at the competition, the Penn College team scored second highest in the first round of competition − just one correct answer behind the leaders. According to Dorothy M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold two commencement ceremonies May 14 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport for the nearly 900 students who have petitioned to graduate this month. Ceremonies will be held at 10 a.m. for graduates from the Schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, Health Sciences, Hospitality, and Business and Computer Technologies and at 2 p.m.

As of July 1, (or maybe earlier), the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare will make some important changes in the guidelines for subsidized child day care. These changes will make it much easier for college students to qualify for assistance with their child-care costs.