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For the third consecutive year, state Rep. Brett Feese (R-Plunketts Creek) has delivered a $500,000 state grant to purchase instructional equipment at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Rep. Feese negotiated the special appropriation to provide for instructional equipment that the College would not have been able to purchase due to a 5-percent reduction in its state appropriation.

By Nichole Shanefelter College Information & Community Relations Intern The Fifth Annual International Week, a celebration of cultures from around the world, will be held April 18-24 at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Mike Murzynski, a Construction Management student from Erie; and Elizabeth Brown, a Culinary Arts Technology student from Sayre, were the men's and women's overall winners in Tuesday's first "Penn College Field Day." In the Women's Division, Brown won the push-ups (36), sit-ups (38) and shuttle run (11.3 seconds).

Fifty Pennsylvania College of Technology students were inducted recently into the campus chapter of Alpha Chi, a national honor society for baccalaureate degree students. Membership in Alpha Chi is open to bachelor-degree students from all academic disciplines and is limited to the top 10 percent of an institution's junior and senior classes.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro will host an open house on Thursday, April 29, for those considering nursing as a career. The 5 to 7 p.m. event will feature tours of the campus (located just east of Wellsboro on Route 6), opportunities to speak with current students and faculty, as well as information about the application process, tuition and financial aid.

"The Engaged Librarian: Activism on the Library Issues of the Day" will be the topic of a program to be presented April 27 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The program, which is free and open to the public, will be presented by Ann Sparanese, head of adult and young adult services at Englewood Public Library, Englewood, N.J. It will be offered from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Students from 10 high schools and vocational schools visited Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood recently to tour horticultural facilities and participate in a Floral Design Show.

Adults over the age of 25 who are enrolling as full-time students this fall at Pennsylvania College of Technology may be eligible for a new $2,500 annual scholarship. The new Penn College scholarship recognizes the institution's commitment to its nontraditional student population.

Physician Assistant students at Pennsylvania College of Technology now have the opportunity to pursue a master's degree under a unique agreement with Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A Penn College Physician Assistant student in good academic standing can apply for the master's program in the fall of his or her senior year.

Few in Hawaii even knew where Pennsylvania College of Technology is, and even fewer expected much out of a first-time entry from a far-from-home institution. But a four-man team of the College's Construction Management students placed second overall in therecent Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. national convention in Honolulu one pointshy of last year's returning champion.