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On March 25, Penn College held induction ceremonies for the Alpha Chi and Phi Theta Kappa honor societies and honored Veronica M. Muzic, vice president for academic affairs/provost, for her service to Alpha Chi. More than 70 students accepted invitations to join Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students enrolled in associate-degree programs.

Vol. 5, No. 33 Record/Results/Upcoming Games (Through Sunday, March 26) BaseballOverall record: 5-3 Friday, March 31 host Penn State McKeesport at Bowman Field (9 innings), 2 p.m. Saturday, April 1 host Penn State McKeesport at Bowman Field (2), 1 p.m. Sunday, April 2 host West Virginia University club team at Bowman Field (2), 11 a.m.

More and more Penn College employees are adding their support to the Madigan Library Campaign. One of them is Jennifer McLean, director of instructional technology and distance learning, who, with her husband, made a gift to the Madigan Library Campaign in their children's names.

An early childhood educator at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Children's Learning Center was chosen to receive the Terri Lynn Lokoff Child Care Foundation National Child Care Teacher Award. Kathryn P. (Kay) Jerald, a group leader at the Children's Learning Center, heads its toddler class for children about 18 months to 3 years old.

Tammy S. Clossen, assistant professor of dental hygiene at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be honored for the second consecutive year in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Clossen's biography will appear in the 10th edition of the book, to be published later this year. Clossen also appeared in the book's ninth edition, published in 2005.

"Green for the Mainstream," an overview of environmentally responsible building projects, will be presented March 28 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport. The presentation, by Margo Thompson of the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, is free and open to the public. It will be offered at 3:30 p.m.

First-graders from Lyter Elementary School in Montoursville visited Penn College's graphic communications facilities this week, where, with the help of members of the Gamma Epsilon Tau graphic arts fraternity, they learned about how things are printed.

Penn College's Fitness Center has acquired a SCIFIT Upper Body Power Trainer, whichcombines electronic and mechanical technologies to provide physically challenged individuals with the benefits of physical exercise. The Upper Body Power Trainer is a stand-alone aerobic and arm-strengthening exerciser that can display the user's distance, time and calories.

Jane J. Benedict, associate professor of nursing at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be honored in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers." Benedict's biography will appear in the 10th edition of the book, to be published later this year. Teachers who are honored in the book have been nominated by a former student.

James Riedel, an automotive management technology major from Quogue, N.Y., has been chosen byPennsylvania College of Technology'sStudent Government Association as "Student of the Month" for March.