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The dean's list for the Spring 2001 semester at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been announced: Nicole L Abbey, Early Childhood Education, Ulysses Thomas P Abernatha, Culinary Arts Technology, Montoursville William A Abersold, Heavy Construction Equipment Technology, Arnold Rebecca Aikey, Networking and Technical Support, Harrisburg Shad Alexander, General Studies, Knoxville William H Allen

Students in cabinetmaking classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology will display their "capstone" projects in an exhibit scheduled for May 8-19 at the College's 202 Gallery. "Working Wood: Cabinetmaking and Millwork at Penn College" will include a variety of projects designed and built by the students, including wall cabinets, dressers, tall clocks, blanket chests and desks.

A research paper written by a student in the Aviation Maintenance Technology bachelor-degree program at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been published in the newsletter of the Association for Avionics Education. Mark A.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's senior Legal Assistant/Paralegal Studies students will celebrate National Law Day (May 1) by hosting a series of legal talks at the College on May 1-10. The talks, which are free and open to the public, will be presented at two locations: the CoffeeHouse in the Bush Campus Center and the College Library.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students won three first-place and three second-place medals at the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Timber Sports Annual Woodsman Meet, held March 31 at Clifton Forge, Va. At the event, hosted by Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Penn College finished third overall.

For the 11th time in 17 years, Pennsylvania College of Technology has won the Mid-Atlantic Horticulture/Landscape Field Day competition, held this year at Penn College's Earth Science Center near Allenwood.

Ten students from Pennsylvania College of Technology took home first-place honors recently in the statewide SkillsUSA-VICA competition at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion. All 10 will compete in the national SkillsUSA-VICA championships, to be held June 25-30 at Kansas City, Mo.

Students in the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently collected pet supplies for donation to the Lycoming County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, one of many such community-service projects the group performs.

A team of five Pennsylvania College of Technology students from the College's School of Construction and Design Technologies finished third recently in a residential-construction competition organized by the National Association of Home Builders. The two-day event, which was held in Atlanta, featured competitions for students in secondary schools and two- and four-year college programs.

Pennsylvania College of Technology was named "School of the Year" recently by the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Penn College prevailed over three other nominees − the University of Delaware, Kutztown University and LaSalle University − for the award.