Human Services & Restorative Justice Articles

Students in human services classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology will combine forces to offer holiday-shopping opportunities that benefit others Nov. 16-18 in the Bush Campus Center.

Degree programs in human services at Pennsylvania College of Technology 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.

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.

The on-campus 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 Pennsylvania College of Technology. Ashley M. Stuck, who will be entering her junior year at Penn College this fall, was chosen from among numerous applicants for the $1,000 scholarship award.

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.

Seven Pennsylvania College of Technology 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 at Pennsylvania College of Technology will present an Assistive Technology Expo on April 29 in the college's Field House. The expo, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 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 pursuing bachelor's degrees in applied human services at Pennsylvania College of Technology are organizing a fair-trade sale of handcrafted goods Nov. 17-19 to help the working poor in other nations.

A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students helped to raise $3,000 for the world's poor through a recent fair-trade craft sale. Students pursuing bachelor's degrees in applied human services organized and staffed an on-campus sale of handmade goods from around the world through an organization known as Ten Thousand Villages.