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Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association recently hosted its fifth annual Student Leadership Conference, promoting student involvement and leadership to more than 100 on-campus participants. The theme for this year's program, held Nov.

A member of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Board of Directors has donated to the college nearly 200 mechanical drawings completed while he was student at Williamsport Technical Institute, a Penn College forerunner. David W.

At Homecoming festivities recently, Pennsylvania College of Technology presented, for the first time, Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards. The 2007 recipients are Wayne M. Parfitt, of Newport News, Va., and Sara J. Smith, of Troy.

A donation of equipment from a Harrisburg-based electronics distributor has allowed Pennsylvania College of Technology to also receive a $75,000 equipment grant from the state toward furnishing new electronics and computer engineering technology laboratories with the latest industry-standard equipment.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will host "A Farewell Tribute to Peter Hellermann," longtime general manager of the school's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, on Sept. 10. Frederick Frank, president of the award-winning Dr. Konstantin Frank Vinifera Wine Cellars, will be the guest vintner in a fitting tribute to Hellermann as he retires.

Continuing a historic investment in the students who ultimately will bolster the workforce at its dealerships, Caterpillar Inc. recently donated a used track-type tractor to Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management.

A grant from Sovereign Bank will allow Pennsylvania College of Technology to establish two new permanent collections of books and periodicals in the college's Madigan Library. The $5,000 grant, made through the Sovereign Bank Foundation, will support new collections in business and finance and career development.

A donation of hardware and software from Kepware Technologies will allow students at Pennsylvania College of Technology to be among the few in the country to gain experience on a system that enables the smooth exchange of data between various automated industrial devices and control applications.

Employees who have made donations to Penn College over the past 18 months were the guests of honor at a reception in the Thompson Professional Development Center on Monday. The Institutional Advancement Office hosted the reception to say "Thank you" to employees who have donated to the Annual Fund, the Madigan Library Campaign and other fund-raising initiatives.

With the glitz and glamour of a Hollywood awards show, "Good Morning, Penn College" an initiative to familiarize the college community with the people and responsibilities in offices campuswide kicked off Tuesday in the PDC's Mountain Laurel Room.