Students Articles

Fourteen Pennsylvania College of Technology students were presented with Penn College Awards during a banquet at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Thursday evening. The 14th annual ceremony recognized graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to the college and who have risen above their peers as a result of their leadership.

A new exhibit of photographs has opened in the Bookmarks in the Madigan Library, part of the student work completed for the Commercial Photography course (PHO230) taught by Gary R. DiPalma, assistant professor of graphic design, in the Spring 2010 semester. Photographs were taken in four basic subject areas: fashion/portrait, food, product and architecture.

Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education completed a library-enhancement project at the Northumberland County Prison. The CACCE members worked to collect, organize and redistribute a variety of new, high-quality textbooks that were donated by the faculty, staff and students of Penn College.

On a recent Saturday, members of the Earth Smart organization, along with the Horticulture Club and other Penn College students, cleaned a portion of Lycoming Creek behind the Weis Market on Lycoming Creek Road. The April 10 cleanup was held in conjunction with the Lycoming County Conservation District and the Lycoming Creek Watershed Association.

The most notable Resident Assistants and programs of the 2009-10 academic year have been announced by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office, which also applauded its "...of the Month" honorees for April.

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently returned from a collegiate engineering challenge the Baja SAE with a strong finish among some of the top engineering universities in North and South America and a "Best Prepared Award" from the contest judges.

Thirty-six Pennsylvania College of Technology students were hired to help cook for the thousands of spectators who converged on Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 1 for the 2010 running of the Kentucky Derby. Accompanied by chefs Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, and Charles R.

The first Career Services' Etiquette Dinner, a learning opportunity for student job-seekers, took place Wednesday in Le Jeune Chef. Space was limited for the pilot program, but the event nonetheless was termed a "wonderful opportunity" for students to have a full-course meal at a fine-dining restaurant.

Under abundant sunshine, the Penn College colony of Sigma Nu held its second annual Spring Car Show fundraiser on campus Saturday,featuring music, food and dozens of vehicles on the BTC parking lot. Proceeds from the fraternity event benefit the Sigma Nu Leadership Initiatives Fund, which sponsors campus leadership events; trophies were awarded in 18 classes of cars, trucks and motorcycles.

A grant-funded student project at Pennsylvania College of Technology is bringing today's "green" sensitivity to a campus landmark that celebrates Williamsport's lumber prominence in the 1800s. An array of photovoltaic panels has been installed just southwest of the college's Victorian House, a student-designed-and-built guest facility that was dedicated in June 1997.