Human Services & Restorative Justice Articles

Students in a human services class at Pennsylvania College of Technology will host a fair-trade sale Nov. 19-21 in the lobby of the Bush Campus Center. The annual sale, which is open to the public, helps working poor in other countries.

For a first-year college student, stepping onto a new campus and beginning classes can be overwhelming. For a returning student, an unsuccessful first semester can add a lot of pressure, especially if the student is not certain how to avoid making the same mistakes. At Pennsylvania College of Technology, an academic mentoring program is designed to help those students. Joshua I.

Joshua I. Bobenrieth meets with his academic mentor, Karen E. Wright, a graduation assistant in the Registrar's Office. Human services student Stacey L. French, right, praises the support of her mentor Katie L. Mackey, coordinator of commuter services, who encouraged her when she could just as easily given up.

Nicole M. Sailor, an applied human services major from Williamsport, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Scheduled to graduate in May 2015, Sailor has been a student member and subgroup leader of the Early Childhood Education Center's Middle States Steering Committee for reaccreditation.

With her classmates assembled behind her, Lacy D. Schnoonover talks with WBRE Eyewitness News reporter Valerie Tysanner. Did you know that the average age of a homeless person is 9? These and other facts about homelessness are compiled by applied human services students in the Spring 2014 issue of One College Avenue, the college’s official magazine.

Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Reppert is a member and secretary of the Students Making a Contribution organization, a student mentor and a part-time employee at the college's Madigan Library. Bethany M. Reppert “Bethany meets all the criteria for Student of the Month.

Amie J. Glace, an applied human services major from Montoursville, models a scarf and maraca that were available at the Ten Thousand Villages sale. Among the applied human services majors operating the sale are, from left, Tyler R. Mausteller, of South Williamsport; Annie M. Wolf, of Williamsport; Kacie L. Weaver, of Harrisburg; Amie J. Glace; and Nicole M. Sailor, of Williamsport. Kacie L.

Applied human services majors in D. Robert Cooley's Service Learning in Sociology class raised public awareness – and more than $1,200 – to help Family Promise of Lycoming County Inc. aid local residents experiencing the challenges of homelessness.

Human services students at Pennsylvania College of Technology are inviting the community to join them in sleeping on the streets in a cardboard “box city” on Friday, Nov. 1, in downtown Williamsport. Starting at 5 p.m., students enrolled in Sociology 410 (Service Learning in Sociology) will gather in front of the Lycoming County Courthouse at West Third and Pine streets.

Women from the campus community are welcome to attend a free self-defense workshop, part of a Penn College student's internship at the James V. Brown Library, to be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 15-16 in the library's Lowry Theatre. The event was organized by Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, whose internship capstone involves presenting a program for adults.