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Kyle G. Stavinski, of Elysburg, an emergency medical services major, was chosen as the March Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Stavinski, who is scheduled to graduate in August, is an emergency medical technician for Area Services Inc. and has worked as an emergency room technician at Geisinger Medical Center and Evangelical Community Hospital.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty teamed with community volunteers on March 21 to treat 56 children as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association’s statewide Sealant Saturday initiative.

Students in the news Newswatch 16's Kristina Papa followed some Penn College students on Wednesday as they visited a monitoring station along flooding-prone Loyalsock Creek. Papa interviewed civil engineering technology majors James H. Cassidy, of Douglassville, and Andrew J. Susen, of Easton, among the members of John J. Miknis' Water and Wastewater Systems class who toured the U.S.

The final activities of Penn College's illustrious Centennial observance – the filling, sealing and installation of an institutional snapshot from that 2014 celebration – took place this week in a first-floor corner of Madigan Library. Various historical and commemorative items were loaded into the time capsule on Thursday, and the contents were sealed with argon gas the following day.

SGA Student Government Association officers for 2015-16 were chosen last week in an election that saw a record turnout of Penn College student voters. A total of 233 votes were cast during the weeklong balloting, 84 more than last year and 48 votes higher than any other year in SGA's history of online voting. Members of the new Executive Board are: President – Zachary T.

Jarred T. Barch, of Reading, enrolled in information technology: network specialist concentration, claims the attire he won in a giveaway. (Let's hope the gown is long enough for the 6-foot-9-inch graduate-to-be!) Dylan N. Murray (left), and Andrew S. Manley attend to final details.

Eight first-place winners from Pennsylvania College of Technology have advanced to the 51st annual National SkillsUSA Conference, to be held from June 22-26 in Kentucky. Five other students from the college finished in the top four places in a variety of categories during the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held April 8-10 in Hershey.

A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport restored by Pennsylvania College of Technology students for the Antique Automobile Club of America won a First Senior Award – the first for the college – during the club-sponsored Charlotte AutoFair in North Carolina. “The award is a great recognition of the efforts of our students and faculty,” said Brett A.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Woodsmen Team participated in an April 11 regional competition at Allegany College of Maryland, with many of the members placing in their respective events. “This is the first team we’ve had since 2010, and this was their first meet,” said G. Andrew Bartholomay, an assistant professor of forest technology. “I couldn’t be prouder of how they performed.

NPR spotlights college's role in shale careers. Penn College's role in training workers for the natural gas industry is featured in a report that aired on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" (and affiliate stations) on Monday. Jeff Brady, a national correspondent for NPR who recently visited campus, talked with Tracy L.