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With their prolific ability to control insect pests, bats make good neighbors. As houseguests, though, the diminutive nocturnal predators quickly wear out their welcome.

A team of students from Pennsylvania College of Technology won a recent district competition sponsored by the ISA, the international society for measurement and control. The students' winning performance at the competition, which was held at Research Triangle Park, N.C, enables them to participate in the international ISA event, which will be held Monday, Aug. 21, in New Orleans.

Five students from Pennsylvania College of Technology took first place in their categories at the state SkillsUSA-VICA competition, held April 12-14 in Lancaster. The five first-place finishers will advance to the national SkillsUSA Championships, a showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. The championships will be held June 29 in Kansas City, Mo.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's senior Legal Assistant Studies students will host their own series of legal seminars on May 4 and May 8. The programs, which are free and open to the public, are part of the bachelor's-degree requirement for the students in this "capstone" course.

A team of Landscape/Nursery Technology and Floral Design/Interior Plantscape students from Pennsylvania College of Technology registered the College's 10th first-place finish in 16 years at the Mid-Atlantic 2000 Horticulture-Landscape Field Day, held April 8 at Long Island, NY.

Three students from Pennsylvania College of Technology placed in the top three in their respective categories in the Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference competition held in State College from March 31 to April 2. The eight-student Penn College contingent competed against approximately 130 students from 16 other Pennsylvania colleges, according to Dennis R.

The Heavy Construction Equipment faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently selected student award winners for the school year. Ryan W. Peck, Montoursville, received the "Operator of the Year Award" and Craig M. Plowman, Cooperstown, received the "Mechanic of the Year Award." Benjamin H.

George R. Roles, a student in the Legal Assistant/Paralegal program at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been awarded a $3,500 scholarship in a competition sponsored by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations and West Group.

Responding to a need for more College-owned-and-operated student housing, Pennsylvania College of Technology has agreed to purchase College West Apartments from HFL Corp. of State College. The sale, which should become final on or before June 7, will increase the number of beds in Penn College's student-housing program to over 1,000.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and alumni will be able to meet with recruiters from nearly 100 prospective employers over two days at Career Expos scheduled for Tuesday, March 14, and Thursday, March 16. The March 14 event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Earth Science Center, 12 miles south of the main campus on Route 15 near Allenwood.