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The free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is being provided again by Pennsylvania College of Technology students for individuals needing guidance in preparing their 2011 taxes. The VITA program is available through April 2 in the Teachers' Learning Center (Room 213) in the Madigan Library on the college's main campus in Williamsport. Sessions will be scheduled from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Renovated instructional space at Pennsylvania College of Technology has enhanced students' real-world access and literally increased the visibility of several majors in the School of Business and Computer Technologies. Located on the second-floor east wing of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center and showcased at a Nov.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology junior has been awarded one of three $1,000 scholarships from an online community for accounting professionals. Steven W. Garner, of Lock Haven, pursuing a four-year degree in accounting from the college's School of Business and Computer Technologies, received his award from AccountingWEB.

For the second consecutive year, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants has awarded a renewable scholarship to a Pennsylvania College of Technology baccalaureate accounting major and honored two May graduates as "Outstanding College Seniors." Steven W.

Two by-appointment-only opportunities for free tax assistance have been scheduled at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro. The Internal Revenue Service's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, in which Penn College students help prepare hundreds of income-tax returns each season, will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance campaign, in which Pennsylvania College of Technology students partner with The Salvation Army and Internal Revenue Service, is helping hundreds of eligible area residents prepare and file their returns this season.

Faculty from Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for students during the fall semester. Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M.

On Friday, Nov. 12, Penn College's Accounting Society took an educational trip to the Yuengling Brewing Co. in Pottsville. "We began with a tour of the facilities; it was a great tour," said Shannon Killian, society president, who also provided the group photo at left. "We learned about how the company got started and how they survived Prohibition.

A "Passport to Opportunity" for high school students potentially interested in the accounting profession will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5, in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Bush Campus Center.

Members of a family well-known in the Williamsport area business community have established another scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. George E. and Patricia B. Girio and Joseph T. and Cheryl B. Girio recently established the Girio Family Scholarship Fund at Penn College.