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Renewing a tradition that makes veterans’ advocacy a year-round priority, four active and former military personnel are providing front-line assistance to their fellow students at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Among employees of the college's Financial Aid Office are Chester M. Beaver, Army (retired), a human services student from Williamsport; Sarah E.

On this Veterans Day, we salute the students, faculty and staff who have served (or continue to serve) their country. Members of the Pennsylvania College of Technology community are encouraged to honor with gratitude the military service of these co-workers and classmates, who are among those we recognize through this voluntary honor roll.

A graduation ceremony was held Friday evening for 44 students involved in Leadership Boot Camp, a six-week initiative designed to prepare them for key roles in campus organizations and the eventual workplace. Student leaders Nicole E. Smith (left) and Megan N. Heckman show off the commemorative T-shirts given to each of the evening's graduates.

Fred S. Barberra (in jacket) and Daniel A. Endy (in orange vest) lead students on a Valley Crest tour. From left, Nicholas D. Foreman, of Rockwood; Jonathan L. Rishel, of Milton; and Tyler J. Fatzinger, of Catasaqua, enjoy the unique stone couch and chair at Chanticleer Gardens.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology plastics student is the lone nationwide recipient of a scholarship from the Blow Molding Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers. Bryan T.

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.

"Happy Halloween" from The College Store! With a variety of costumes ranging from police officer to leprechaun – and including a few denizens of "Duck Dynasty," arguably the most frightening Halloween presence of all! – The College Store staff (including two current students) showed its typical willingness to do whatever to takes to chase away any rainy-day blues.

Thirty nursing students at Pennsylvania College of Technology took the topic of community health literally when they put in time at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The students are enrolled in a course called Community Health Nursing.

Samantha-Jo M. Bradley, a baking and pastry arts major from Middlebury Center, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Bradley, who anticipates graduating in May, is a member and secretary of the Penn College Diners Club and serves as a Community Assistant for students in off-campus housing. Samantha-Jo M.

Participants receive appropriate T-shirts. Occupational therapy assistant student Gabrielle M. Leister has her face painted by a classmate. Decked for the occasion in glow paint, face paint and general pink splatters are, from left, pre-dental hygiene student Kirsta J. Ruble, pre-applied health studies: radiography student Gina M. Pucillo, and pre-occupational therapy assistant student Rachel E.