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Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour has been voted chairperson-elect of the Little League International Board of Directors, it was announced Friday by board Chairman Dennis Lewin. "Little League has always looked to maintain a varied group on the International Board of Directors," said Lewin, who assumed the chairmanship in 2007. "Dr.
Penn College students placed second in the annual Heavy Equipment Rodeo held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center during the college's Oct. 26 Open House. The team from Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology took first place; Cayuga-Onondaga (N.Y.) Board of Cooperative Education Services finished third. A total of 59 students competed in five events at the Allenwood campus.
The Community Arts Center offered a dazzling venue for the Governor's Arts Awards on Wednesday, the keystone event in a weeklong cultural celebration throughout the city.
Seven present or former Pennsylvania College of Technology cross-country runners participated in the 26.2-mile Harrisburg Marathon Sunday and two Tamara Pavlov of Lewisburg and Jeff Faherty of High Point, N.J. ran fast enough to qualify for next April's 113th Boston Marathon.
More than 100 student leaders gathered in the Bush Campus Center on Saturday for the sixth annual Student Leadership Conference, the theme of which was personal growth and development. Duane Brown, a facilitator from Collegiate EmPowerment, keynoted the Student Government Association-sponsored conference and stressed to students the importance of leading themselves before they can lead others.
Using an infrared thermal imaging camera, an expert from Penn College's Weatherization Training Center was featured inan energy-efficiencypiecethat aired during Newswatch 16's 7 p.m. newscast Tuesday. "Forty percent of your bill is actually in air loss, not in insulation," Larry D. Armanda told WNEP's Norm Jones.
The Penn College intramural flag football team, once down 14-0, battled back but came up just short in its quest to knock off Lycoming College. Lycoming jumped to that quick 14-0 lead, according to a game summary by intramural assistant Jeremy R.
Chef Steve Schimoler, owner and chef of Crop Bistro and Bar in Cleveland, traveled to Penn College's School of Hospitality last week to work with students as they preparedFriday evening'sVisiting Chef Dinner, which raises funds for scholarships. During his stay, Schimoler, who is known for his inventiveness, also offered a lecture to students on "culinology."
This week's "Green Tip," dealing with drip irrigation, is provided by the Horticulture Club: The way water is mostly lost is through evaporation. To eliminate this, drip irrigation should be used whenever possible. Installation of the drip-tubes is fast and inexpensive. It not only applies water directly where it is needed, but it waters deeply and thoroughly.