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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.

College West's "Track Your Trash" recycling program held a final weigh-in this past Tuesday. The program, run by Resident Assistants Patrick Butler and Erin Scott, collected 1,367 pounds of recycled materials from 12 separate apartments throughout the complex from February to April.

The Student Government Association recentlyannounced the results of its 2004-05 SGA Cup competition, in which student organizations receive points for attending campus activities and SGA meetings. The SGA Cup competition promotes participation in the Penn College co-curricular experience. Any recognized Penn College group, club or organization was eligible to compete.

Academic Support Services announces the newest addition toits repertoire of services:online tutoring. If you often have wished for a way to receive tutoring without leaving your room, would rather communicate online than in person, or just have had a late-night, last-minute question when tutoring is not available, then you are in luck!

Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Phi Beta Lambda chapter will attend this summer's national conference in Orlando, Fla., on the basis of theirApril 15-17success at the state level.

Members of Penn College's Students in Free Enterprise team attended a regional competition in Philadelphia on April 12, orally presenting their annual report to a panel of corporate executives.

After winning at district competition, a team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students earned a spot in the ISA International Student Games to be held in Chicago in October. The students, enrolled in electronics technology and electronics engineering technology majors, are members of the student chapter of the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society at Penn College.