NRM Golf Event Marks Decade of Student Support

July 21, 2010 - 11:58 a.m.

The 10th annual School of Natural Resources Management Golf Outing dawned cloudy and wet, but, as participants started play, the rain stopped and a great day of competition began on the 18-hole Challenge course at the White Deer Golf Complex. Sixty golfers participated in the scholarship fundraising event on July 14, 16 of them current or retired college employees. Door prizes were awarded, as were prizes for various teams and individuals. Skill prizes were awarded for the players who were closest to the pin on certain holes: Matt Haile, No. 17; Connor Reasner, No. 14; Dean Barto, No. 8; and Damien Wheeland, No. 6. Bryan Waltz won for the longest drive on No. 3. Cash prizes were awarded to the top three teams: Woodlands Bank (Peter Sides, Bill Keiser, Andy Baker and John Engel), first place; last year’s winners, Arby’s of Williamsport (Mike Rae, Waltz, Haile and Dan Bennett), second; and an open team of John Young, Dean Barto, Damien Wheeland and Wayne Longbrake (former dean of natural resources management), third. More than $5,000 was raised during the event. To date, the golf outing has raised more than $40,000 for the Natural Resources Management Endowed Scholarship Fund, which has grown to more than $57,000. Since the 2005-06 academic year, scholarships have been awarded to students in horticulture, forest technology, onsite power generation and heavy construction equipment technology.
Photos by Brett A. Reasner, assistant dean of natural resources management

Peggy Madigan Memorial Scholarship Recipient Announced

May 20, 2010 - 11:39 a.m.

A Hughesville High School senior is the recipient of the 2010 Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship at Penn College. Kristina Kline, of Muncy, was presented with the scholarship award – named in honor of the late wife of former state Sen. Roger A. Madigan – at a Thursday ceremony in the college Field House. Kline will attend Penn College in the fall and major in general studies. The award was announced at the 23rd Senatorial District’s annual Student Government Seminar, now hosted by Madigan’s successor, Sen. Gene Yaw.

John Deere Foundation Renews Scholarship Support at Penn College

May 17, 2010 - 8:47 a.m.

The John Deere Foundation has provided Penn College with another grant of $12,000 to support scholarships for students in the college’s welding and fabrication engineering technology bachelor-degree major and welding technology associate-degree major in 2010-11. For the second consecutive year, the John Deere Foundation is funding four scholarship awards of $3,000 each at Penn College. All four students receiving the awards are enrolled in the welding and fabrication engineering technology bachelor-degree major: Nathan F. Lott, Timonium, Md.; William J. Ebert, New Alexandria; Ryan P. McCollum, Warrington; and Christopher J. McKelvey, Marmora, N.J.

William and Sara Pickelner Scholarship Established at Penn College

May 4, 2010 - 2:03 p.m.

The Penn College Foundation's Board of Directors recently designated funds to establish a new scholarship and increase the amount of an existing scholarship in honor and memory of one of Williamsport’s best-known families. The foundation’s directors designated a bequest from the estate of William Pickelner to establish a new scholarship in memory of William and Sara Pickelner and to add to an existing scholarship in memory of David Pickelner.

Winners of 5K Scholarship Fundraiser Announced at Penn College

April 28, 2010 - 10:20 a.m.

More than 100 walkers and runners participated in the first School of Health Sciences 5K Endowed Scholarship Race at Penn College on April 17. The event was organized by faculty and staff in the college’s School of Health Sciences to raise funds for students pursuing degrees in the school.

Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Awarded at Penn College

April 26, 2010 - 2:14 p.m.

Fundraising efforts by Penn College's Student Government Association have resulted in another scholarship award for a returning student. Megan R. Pennington, of Baltimore, was selected from a field of 18 applicants to receive a $1,000 Student Leader Legacy Scholarship award for the 2010-11 academic year. Outgoing SGA President Kyle M. Pfueller presented Pennington with a symbolic scholarship check at the 2009-10 Student Activities Awards Banquet on April 20. Pennington, active both on campus and off, is a junior in Penn College’s graphic design bachelor-degree major.

‘Silent Auction’ to Benefit Penn College’s Student Legacy Fund

March 31, 2010 - 1:44 p.m.

Penn College’s Student Government Association invites the Williamsport community to its Silent Auction from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in Penn’s Inn, on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center. Proceeds will benefit the college’s Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Fund, which is a source of scholarship funding for students who demonstrate commitment to their leadership roles.

New Scholarship to Benefit Nursing Students at Penn College

March 23, 2010 - 4:26 p.m.

A gift from the estate of a longtime school librarian is being used to establish a scholarship fund for students in nursing majors at Penn College. The estate of Barbara Oldt has donated more than $224,000 to Penn College to establish the Mary Ellen Horlacher Oldt Nursing Scholarship, which will serve as a permanent source of scholarship awards for nursing students at Penn College, including students in the pre-nursing program. The endowment is expected to generate approximately $9,000 in awards per year for successful applicants from Union, Snyder and Northumberland counties.

5K Run/Walk to Raise Scholarship Funds

March 3, 2010 - 11:57 a.m.

Penn College’s School of Health Sciences will host a 5K Run/Walk on April 17 to raise scholarship funds for students enrolled in health sciences majors at the college. Faculty and staff from the School of Health Sciences are organizing the event. Net proceeds will be used to support the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund, with the goal of building to an endowment of at least $25,000, after which it will become a permanent source of scholarship awards. "We are excited to be hosting this inaugural event as we come together as a school to create an endowed scholarship,” said Sharon K. Waters, dean of health sciences. “This initiative will help us to leave a lasting legacy that will benefit future students as they prepare to enter exciting and rewarding health professions. We welcome the participation of the community and the region in this worthy cause.” A registration form follows:

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Scholarship Established in Memory of Former Student

Feb. 24, 2010 - 1:16 p.m.

The family of a former Penn College student who died in a traffic accident in June 2005 has established a scholarship fund in his memory. The Penn College Foundation has received a donation to establish an endowment for the Joshua R. Geary Memorial Scholarship. Geary was a Williamsport Area High School graduate who attended Penn College in 1996-97, majoring in general studies with a focus on business courses. He later transferred to The Pennsylvania State University and graduated in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in finance and a minor in economics. “Education was a high priority for Joshua,” said Kathy Waltz, Geary's mother. “His family was always proud of his academic achievements and feels a scholarship in his memory is a fitting legacy. I know Joshua would be pleased to know he was helping other students receive a high-quality education.”