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For the fifth straight year, a commemorative Horticulture Club floral sale has resulted in a charitable contribution to Penn College's "Relay for Life" battle against cancer. On Wednesday afternoon, clubtreasurer Jeremy S. Frost, a Williamsport resident majoring in ornamental horticulture: plant production emphasis, delivered a $475.50 check to main campus.

Students in Penn College's School of Transportation Technology had the rare opportunity Tuesday to touch a piece of automotive history: a 1908 Ford Model K 6-40 "Gentleman's Roadster," which paid a visit to main campus on its return trip to the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey.

The Ford Motor Co. helped Pennsylvania College of Technology celebrate the dedication of its newly renovated and expanded Parkes Automotive Technology Center by providing the college with a new Ford Mustang. The 2011 Mustang GT Premium Edition convertible, valued at more than $40,000, was delivered in time for the dedication of the ATC part of the college's Stage X building program on Sept. 10.

A business co-owned by two Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates will help install the landscape for an "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project under way in Berks County. On Tuesday, volunteers from Nature's Accents Landscape Services Inc.

Garrett M. Book, a May graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology's ornamental horticulture: landscape technology emphasis major, recently received word that he passed all four sections of the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist examination. The exam was offered to Penn College students by horticulture instructor Carl J.

Four Penn College automotive students received a heroes’ welcome as their laboratory labor of love – restoration of a 1965 Ford Mustang for public showcase – was officially returned to the Antique Automobile Club of America’s Museum on June 26.

Megan Schmid, an ornamental horticulture: landscape technology major interning at the School House Garden Market in Bloomsburg, was interviewed for this weekend's episode of "Home & Backyard" on WNEP-TV. Scmid, of Danville,who servesas the assistant to the greenhouse manager, will be included in the "Your Big Backyard" segment of the program, which airs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on Channel 16.

A member of Pennsylvania College of Technology's horticulture faculty recently reviewed a textbook in advance of an updated edition. Carl J. Bower Jr., instructor at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center, reviewed the current edition of "Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Culture and Use" by Ferrell Bridwell.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's landscaping major has been reaccredited by the Professional Landcare Network, which represents thousands of green-industry employees nationwide.

Eleven members of Penn College's Horticulture Club participated in the second annual PLANET Day of Service on Thursday, marking Earth Day 2010 by beautifying the grounds of an area church. "We cleaned up and weeded and ripped out plants at the First United Methodist Church in Montgomery," said Carl J.