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Students from Penn College's Children's Learning Center toured the Paramedic Lab on Wednesday, dialing 9-1-1 for practice, watching their vital signs measured on a monitor, and sitting in the back of an ambulance.

Towering steel beams rise on a near-daily basis, seen in this view from the third floor of the SASC, as the Roger and Peggy Madigan Library visibly progresses toward next summer's targeted completion date.

Two new program directors, Shawn A. Kiser and Joseph Mileto Jr., have been named in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences. Kiser, formerly the coordinator of dental hygiene at the college, has been promoted to director of dental hygiene.

During their summer break, high school teachers became students in classrooms and laboratories at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Through its Outreach for K-12 Office, the college offered hands-on training to the high school instructors to help keep them up-to-date with new technology and give their students a firm foundation in basic and advanced technical skills.

Culinary arts and systems student and "You're the Chef" production coordinator Christine L. Faherty, Wantage, N.J., and Dean of Hospitality Frederick W. Becker offered expertise to children attending day camp Monday at Bruce E. Henry Park in Loyalsock Township. In honor of the camp's Hawaiian Week theme,Faherty made fruit smoothies for the children, with their help.

An event to raise money for an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology this week also resulted in the kickoff of another scholarship fund. Michael Taylor, arborist representative and manager of the York office of Bartlett Tree Expert Co., presented a check for $1,000 to the Penn College Foundation, to be used as the first award from the Bartlett Tree Foundation Inc.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Caterpillar Inc. have presented the third annual "Pathfinder to Excellence" faculty award to an instructor of diesel equipment technology. David C. Johnson was presented with the award during a recent gathering of Caterpillar officials and dealers − several Penn College alumni among them − in the college's Professional Development Center.

The Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools will hold its 2005 annual meeting at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center next month, combining business with tours of the college's campuses and attractions throughout "Penn's Woods." The council, which represents schools offering two-year forest technology majors, will convene here from Aug. 3-6.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus has established a memorial scholarship to benefit diesel technology students at the college. Harold Sinclair, president of Woolever Brothers Transportation Inc., Montoursville, established the $1,000 annual scholarship in memory of his late wife, Hazel.

Tuition payments may be made online through Penn College's Student Information System Web site beginning with the Fall 2005 semester. Students will be required to log in to the SIS and select "View Statement of Account" in the Financial Information section in order to complete their online tuition payment. Credit cards accepted are VISA, MasterCard and Discover.