Students Articles

Penn College's Student Government Association has issued a midsemester "highlight reel," detailing its advocacy for students across campus during the challenging year to date. Among topics in the wide-ranging compendium by SGA President Ethan M.

Students majoring in one of five manufacturing-related degrees are benefiting from a gift to Pennsylvania College of Technology, featured in a YouTube video. Larry A. Ward, founder of Packaging Progressions Inc., made a donation exceeding $1 million to revamp the college's machining lab – the largest alumni gift in the college's history.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Dunham Children’s Learning Center was granted $92,118 from the U.S. Department of Education to help reduce fees for eligible students whose children are enrolled at the early childhood education facility in 2020-21. The funding is known as a CCAMPIS grant, which stands for Child Care Access Means Parents in School.

The Homecoming and Parent & Family Celebration, while not unaffected by lingering COVID-19 accommodations, still managed to further the unique sense of belonging among Penn College students and graduates.

Danielle M. Johnson, of Garnet Valley Rebecca E. High, of Willow Street Grace A. Reese, of Port Matilda Alaina L. Lapenta, of Lemoyne As a final project for the eight-week Bakery Operations and Product Development course, students set up a trade show in the Thompson Professional Development Center on Oct. 5.

Preparing for liftoff Burke's kite hitches a ride on the fall breeze. Rising against the wind A blue sky beckons. Forest technology student Lyssa C. Burke took advantage of Wednesday afternoon’s wild winds to fly a stunt kite on the Madigan Library front lawn.

On the one-year anniversary of UPMC Field, Penn College student-athletes and coaches give thanks to corporate sponsors and Wildcat Club members. The COVID-19 pandemic canceled all intercollegiate athletic events this fall, but student-athletes remain optimistic about the future, thanks to generous donors' past support.

Ebersole models one of her commemorative creations, with a little help from some appropriately attired 'Student Bodies." When Office of Student Engagement staff talked about having a student work on a giveaway for this year's Homecoming and Parent & Family Celebration, they soon realized that help was but a few feet away: Morgan K.

In a selfie, grand-prize winner (and student photographer) Juvy A. Orillaza shows off her "Thank you" gift for properly wearing her mask on campus. Lacey Decker, a dental hygiene student from Emporium, displays one of the cards distributed to students "caught" doing their part to keep Penn College hands-on. (Photo by Trisha M.

Showing off the results of her tie-dye talents, Deanna M. Helverson, software development and information management, stays cool under a Wildcat blue canopy. Rocking The Rock are Theta Phi Alpha members Shaqira A. Drummond (left), business administration: marketing concentration, and Kaylee A. Smith, graphic design. With a tie-dye-looking mask and purple-tinted hair, Abby E.