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Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Todd J. Fox, executive director of Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity, with an Alumni Citizenship/Humanitarian Award.

Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students seven horticulture majors and an alumnus of the School of Natural Resources Management re-enrolled for his bachelor's degree increased their marketability by passing the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification exam Nov. 20.

Penn College Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) this week taught fundamental computer skills to residents of the Williamsport Home, an assisted-living complex at 1900 Ravine Road. Magdalena M. Szczesna and Christopher D. Erdman were appointed co-chairs of the project. As the Fall 08 semester began, SIFE formed a committee of students who would assist in completing this project.

A professor of business administration/management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently attended the 2008 Biannual International Conference of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education in Barcelona, Spain. At the Sept. 23-25 conference, Terry A.

Penn College alumnus Nathaniel L. Baum, who holds degrees in landscape/nursery technology (2003) and technology management (2005), is featured in a recent article in the (Lancaster) Sunday News. The article touts the energy- and cost-saving benefits of a reflective roof coating at the Lititz headquarters of Susquehanna Bancshares Inc., where Baum is facility supervisor.

Whether it's the Hollywood hacking of the Pentagon's war machine or the very real breach of credit-card information on file with a national retailer, stories of compromised computer security have become commonplace.

Two alumni of Pennsylvania College of Technology's American Bar Association-approved legal assistant/paralegal studies major are at the forefront of a statewide roundtable to be held Sept. 13 on the college's main campus in Williamsport. Among the organizers of "The 2008 Pennsylvania Summit on the Paralegal Profession," to be held in the Thompson Professional Development Center, are Rebecca J.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, in which Pennsylvania College of Technology students and the Salvation Army partnered to aid hundreds of lower-income individuals and families in preparing their returns, helped local residents receive nearly $240,000 in total refunds during the just-concluded 2007 tax year. According to statistics compiled by Phillip D.

Nicholas A. Vonada, associate professor of computer science in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies, recently earned a doctorate in adult education and instructional systems from The Pennsylvania State University.

Fifteen Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently received the requisite security clearance to tour the New York Stock Exchange, an almost-unheard-of consideration amid ongoing and intensive national vigilance. "Ever since 9/11, the New York Stock Exchange has been on heightened alert, and security has increased dramatically," explained Roy A.