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When it comes to all-around excellence against like competition, Pennsylvania College of Technology athletic teams are second to none. For the second consecutive season, Wildcat teams won five conference championships and took two seconds during 2006-07. Overall, they posted 181 wins, 81 losses and had two ties (both in men's soccer), for an outstanding .686 winning percentage.

Pavi-Elle M. Stuck, 19, of Liverpool, Perry County, a freshman in the pre-occupational therapy major at Penn College, died from injuries suffered in an automobile accident Saturday, June 23, in Shamokin Dam. The Penn College flag will be lowered to half-staff, and a brick will be placed in her memory in the Remembrance Garden.

Two academic deans will end their Pennsylvania College of Technology careers this month, leaving a proud legacy for the experienced administrators who will succeed them. Wayne R. Longbrake, dean of natural resources management, and Kathie E. Morr Longbrake, dean of health sciences, will retire effective June 30.

"Where Science Meets Art," an exhibit by members of the London-based Society for Art of Imagination, opened to the public in the college gallery, Madigan Library 303, at 11 a.m. June 22.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is ranked in the top 50 associate-degree-producing colleges in the nation and is in the top 20 for several areas of study-- including three top-five rankings-- in a recent survey conducted by a national publication covering community, technical and junior colleges.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved an operating budget of $87.4 million and a tuition increase of 5.98 percent for in-state students for 2007-08. The governor's proposed budget includes no increase in Penn College's state appropriation, which remains at $12,659,000 (less than 15 percent of the college's operating costs).

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Board of Directors on Thursday approved an operating budget of $87,401,677, anticipating no increase in the college's state appropriation and raising tuition 5.98 percent for in-state students. The governor's proposed budget includes a $12,659,000 appropriation for Penn College, the same amount as 2006-07 and less than 15 percent of its operating costs.

More than 100 alumni of the Pennsylvania College of Technology forerunner Williamsport Technical Institute -- representing a range of years spanning from 1937-65 -- gathered at the college recently for the seventh annual W.T.I. reunion. W.T.I. was founded in 1941 on adult education programs established by the Williamsport Area School District in 1914. W.T.I.

Penn College faculty members Roy P. Fontaine, professor of psychology; Curt E. Vander Vere, assistant professor of mathematics, and Tom A. Zimmerman, associate professor of psychology, completed the National Science Foundation course "Ancient Inca Mathematics and Culture" this month.

The combined efforts of Information Technology Services, College Informationand Community Relations, and the Registrar's Office have resulted in a new look for the Student information System. The new look provides a consistent layout with the rest of the college Web site and puts commonly used links in one place. In addition to the new layout, a new option has been added to SIS.