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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.

Seventeen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology took first place in their contest categories in the district-level SkillsUSA-VICA competition, held recently at a number of sites, including Penn College. The first-place finishers now advance to the competition at the Pennsylvania SkillsUSA-VICA Conference, to be held April 9-11 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion.

Shawn M. Strohman and Jami O. DiMichele were chosen as the 2001 Homecoming King and Queen recently at Pennsylvania College of Technology, raising $1,120 for charity in the process. Students "voted" for Homecoming King and Queen by placing money in the jars of their favorite candidates among 21 nominees. Strohman and DiMichele raised the most funds and were named Homecoming King and Queen.

Providing a sound foundation in medical science isn't the sole goal of a good nurse-education program. Conveying the "caring art" of nursing, as demonstrated recently by several members of the Student Nurses' Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology, is equally important in producing well-rounded health-care professionals.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented student achievement awards recently during winter commencement ceremonies held at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Receiving awards were: PRESIDENT'S AWARD for leadership and service to the College community: Kristy Marie Treweek, Reedsville, Accounting.