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Officials from PPL Corp. and its Montour Preserve visited Pennsylvania College of Technology today, reaffirming a longtime and mutually productive relationship. "For over two decades, the Montour Preserve and Penn College have had an ongoing partnership that has been beneficial to both," said Kevin R.

The applied-technology focus at Pennsylvania College of Technology has paid off for many of its graduates who are now working in the field they studied. Among those are alumni of the graphic-design and advertising-art majors, who returned to the campus on April 14 to show current students the kind of work their education has helped them to pursue.

In their most recent outing April 9 at the James Madison Invitational, Penn College archers took a first place in the women's compound competition and Jason Kornbau (Red Lion) won the individual men's recurve championship. "They're on a roll now.

The Board of Directors of Pennsylvania College of Technology has authorized the college to continue operations after June 30 at budgeted levels approved for fiscal year 2004-05, in the event a state budget is not passed.

Tiffany L. Joyner of Stewartstown, who will graduate next month with an associate's degree in nursing, has been chosen as April's "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association. Active with the Student Nurses' Association, she also is a member and past secretary of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society for two-year students.

A new scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology aims to assist students in the college's heavy construction equipment technology-technician major. The Groff Tractor and Equipment Inc./CASE Corporation Scholarship announced this week will provide a $1,500 award to a Penn College student each year, beginning in the Fall 2005 semester. "Groff Tractor and Equipment Inc.

The appointees listed below received College Council approval by a majority e-mail vote on Tuesday. Congratulations to Alfred Thomas, the winner of the tie-breaker election for the open Transportation Technology faculty position on the Curriculum Committee. (A complete roster of all committee members soon will be posted to the Governance Web site .) Thanks to all who participated.

An alumnus whose name is a familiar sight on highways from New York to Illinois to North Carolina made his first visit to the college this week since graduating 42 years ago. Mike Ward, who graduated from Williamsport Technical Institute's Diesel Technician program in 1963, recently retired as executive vice president of the Altoona-based Ward Trucking Corp.

Marie G. Smith, assistant professor of dental hygiene (center in photo at left), joined a group of students at their on-campus residence for an evening of making baked nuts using her favorite recipe. The activity was considered a study break for the students as they prepare for today's practical portion of their Dental Hygiene board exam.

Students at the college's Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville had an opportunity to view a helicopter Wednesday: the Sikorsky S-76 Life Flight helicopter from Keystone Helicopters Inc., based in Danville. Mechanics Richard Beers and Jeffery S.