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Resident Assistants and Orientation Leaders were welcomed to Downtown Williamsport on Wednesday, urged to spread the word among fellow students of the treasures awaiting. From a City Hall meeting with Mayor Mary B.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Student Achievement Awardsto its August 2004 graduates. The award winners are: PRESIDENT'S AWARD, for leadership and service to the College: Sonya Kae Miller, Jersey Shore, Early Childhood Education. BOARD OF DIRECTORS' AWARD, for achievement under exceptional conditions: Kelly Marie Hagerman, Muncy, Human Services.

Stephen P. Legarski of Montoursville was commissioned as a second lieutenant inan Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 7, at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Penn College President Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour delivered remarks at the ceremony, which took place at the Thompson Professional Development Center.

About 40 soon-to-be-freshmen in Disability Services' four-day "Students Transitioning Into College" program visited the Penn College Library on July 28.

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students attending this month's Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Denver placed in the Top 10 in their respective competition categories. Among the top finishers during the July 8-12 event were Billie J. Conrad of RR 2 Millerstown and Alexander Kantor of Harrisburg, eighth place in the Business Plan category; Clinton M.

Nearly 170 students have petitioned to graduate in August from Pennsylvania College of Technology. Commencement ceremonies will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the event will be Eric S.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society. Chad E. Wagner, RR 1 Tionesta, plans to graduate in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering Technology.

Thirteen students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management each have been awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Caterpillar Excellence Fund for the Fall 2004 semester. Scholarship recipients are: Diesel Technology Nathaniel C. Aldinger, Laporte; Stephen C. Barats, RR 3 Canton; and Andrew E. Murrow, York.

A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Electric Power Generation Technology major placed second at the 40th annual SkillsUSA-VICA National Leadership Conference held June 22-25 in Kansas City, Mo. Matthew R. Smith of Hampstead, Md. one of nine Penn College students in the national competition brought home a silver medal in the Diesel Equipment Technology category.

Charlene Ebner, a senior in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Applied Human Services bachelor-degree major, was chosen from among applicants in several states recently to receive a $500 Howard Harris Fund Scholarship. Ebner, DuBoistown, was chosen during the Middle Atlantic Consortium of Human Services' spring conference. She is one of two recipients from within the Middle-Atlantic region.