Human Services Students Organize Events That Raise Nearly $5,000
Jan. 24, 2012 - 10:59 a.m.
Students in human services classes at Penn College hosted simultaneous events on campus in November that raised $4,600 for local and international causes: a Gifts That Give Hope Fair that provided opportunities for holiday shoppers to sponsor items needed by one of eight local nonprofit organizations and a Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale that offered fair-trade handcrafted goods from around the world.
Community-Minded Students Hold Benefit Sales in Campus Center
Nov. 17, 2011 - 3:50 p.m.
A fair-trade sale of internationally handcrafted home décor items, an annual event organized by students in human service classes at Penn College, is being held in the Bush Campus Center. The Ten Thousand Villages Festival sale features handmade jewelry, ornaments, soaps, musical instruments and other goods fashioned by the world's working poor. The
event
coincides with a Gifts That Give Hope sale, through which patrons can donate personal-care supplies for use by clients of local nonprofit agencies.
Photos by Whitnie-rae Mays, student photographer
Human Services Students Host Public Events to Help Community
Nov. 4, 2011 - 12:28 p.m.
Students in human services classes at Penn College will combine forces to offer holiday-shopping opportunities that benefit others Nov. 16-18 in the Bush Campus Center. The students will offer their annual Ten Thousand Villages fair-trade sale of handcrafted goods to help working poor in other countries, as well as an opportunity for shoppers to purchase gifts for local nonprofit agencies through a Gifts That Give Hope Fair.
Penn College Human Services Majors Achieve Reaccreditation
Sept. 7, 2011 - 4:52 p.m.
Degree programs in human services at Penn College have earned reaccreditation from the Council for Standards in Human Service Education through May 2016. The college's bachelor-degree major in applied human services and its associate-degree major in human services were reaccredited by the council for the next five years. Accreditation included a self-study that was reviewed by CSHSE to ensure that all established national standards are being met at the college.
Students Certified at New Jersey Peer Institute
May 31, 2011 - 7:34 a.m.
Kristi L. Hammaker, health and fitness specialist, and applied human services students Maggie J. Bauman and Allyson B. Cox joined 160 students from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania colleges May 24-26 at the 2011 New Jersey Peer Institute at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, N.J. Sponsored by the TCNJ Alcohol Drug and Education Program and the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety, the Peer Institute featured two full days of leadership training for peer educators. Additionally, on the third day of the institute, peer educators presented to local high school students on topics including “What to expect when going to college;” “Surviving your first semester of college;” and tips for stress management, healthy coping skills and forming healthy relationships. College peer educators also had the opportunity to take the BACCHUS Certified Peer Educator exam. The BACCHUS Network is a nonprofit university- and community-based resource focusing on comprehensive health and safety initiatives. Its mission is to actively promote student- and young adult-based campus and communitywide leadership on healthy and safe lifestyle decisions concerning alcohol abuse, tobacco use, illegal drug use, unhealthy sexual practices and other high-risk behaviors. Bauman, of Bloomsburg, and Cox, of York, passed the CPE exam and are now Penn College’s first BACCHUS Certified Peer Educators. As CPEs, they will present health- and wellness-related topics to students in classrooms and residence halls or at other scheduled programs in the 2011-12 academic year. They also will continue to represent and promote the college’s newly formed student wellness coalition, Healthy Wildcats.
Photos provided by Kristi L. Hammaker
Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Awarded for 2011-12
May 6, 2011 - 12:38 p.m.
The on- and off-campus activities of an applied human services student from Lewistown have resulted in her selection as the 2011-12 recipient of the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship at Penn College. Ashley M. Stuck, who will be entering her junior year at the college this fall, was chosen from among numerous applicants for the $1,000 award. The scholarship was established by the Student Government Association in 2007 to encourage and reward student leadership.
'Expo' Offers Glimpse of Helpful Technologies
May 2, 2011 - 2:58 p.m.
Human services students at Penn College presented an Assistive Technology Expo in the Field House on Friday, showcasing a variety of services and equipment to aid people with disabilities. The event was organized by five students in the Technology and Human Services course, taught by Larue R. Reese, assistant professor of human services and social sciences.
Photos by Whitnie-rae Mays, student photographer
Students Present Posters at Regional Professional Conference
April 26, 2011 - 4:11 p.m.
Seven Penn College students recently presented research during a student poster session at the Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Human Services annual conference. The students, in their final semester toward earning bachelor’s degrees in applied human services, made up the majority of the 12 student poster presenters at the conference, held April 1-3 at Corning Community College.
Human Services Students to Host Assistive Technology Expo
April 5, 2011 - 3:48 p.m.
Human services students at Penn College will present an Assistive Technology Expo on April 29 in the college’s Field House. The expo, scheduled from 8 a.m.-3 p.m., will feature a broad range of services and equipment to assist individuals with disabilities. The displays will focus on mobility, communication and education.
Students Organize Ten Thousand Villages Sale
Nov. 1, 2010 - 4:24 p.m.
Students pursuing bachelor’s degrees in applied human services at Penn College are organizing a fair-trade sale of handcrafted goods Nov. 17-19 to help the working poor in other nations. The students plan to host a Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale, which will include handmade and sustainable jewelry, ornaments, baskets, candleholders, soaps, musical instruments, wood and stone statuary, and other home-décor items from around the world. The event is scheduled in the Bush Campus Center lobby from noon to 7 p.m. on Nov. 17, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 18, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 19. The public is welcomed.
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