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Dean L. Solomon, 42, of Old Lycoming Township, a senior enrolled in the computer information technology-data communications and networking major and a Penn College employee, died this week. In his honor, a brick will be placed in the memorial walkway at the entrance to the college, and the college flag will be at half-staff.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its May 2005 graduates. The award winners − and their addresses and academic majors − are: PRESIDENT'S AWARD, for leadership and service to the college: Daniel Robert Little, Beacon Falls, Conn., computer information technology-data communications and networking.

Ten graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to their campus and surrounding community were presented with "Penn College Awards" during a banquet in their honor at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Thursday evening.

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.