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Outstanding Resident Assistants and events for October have been announced by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office. RA of the MonthHonored as Resident Assistant of the Month was Anthony R. Grubbs, a residential construction technology and management major from Irwin and an RA in The Village at Penn College. "The Resident Assistant of the Month had a great October.

Baking and pastry arts students at Pennsylvania College of Technology benefited recently from a visit to campus by a master in the craft of artisan bread baking, who helped to judge students' original raisin-bread creations. The visit and contest were sponsored by the California Raisin Marketing Board.

A new exhibition of student work is on display in the Bookmarks at the Madigan Library. The exhibit features brochure covers completed for the Advanced Computer Graphics course taught this semester by Gary R. DiPalma, assistant professor of graphic design. The students created brochure designs for a man-made object; each brochure was divided into three sections.

Students and alumni looking for postgraduate jobs or valuable internships were encouraged to attend Penn College's Fall 2009 Career Fair, held Oct. 20-21 in Penn's Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a Veterans Transition Services Information Session on Nov. 11 for Penn College veterans, veterans returning from deployment, their families and the general public. The program hosted by Veterans Affairs, Career Services, Counseling Services and Disability Services at Penn College will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

It is with great sadness that the administration announces the death of student Mark J. Goss, a 20-year-old sophomore in the electronics and computer engineering technology major, from Wall, N.J. His body was discovered in his off-campus apartment overnight. The cause of death is under investigation, according to the Lycoming County coroner.

James C. Gorham, of Mill Hall, has been chosen by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association's as the first Student of the Month of the Fall 2009 semester. Gorham, a senior in the college's four-year plastics and polymer engineering technology major, is the vice president of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Coaching from the sidelines of the Campus Center lawn, Career Services staff served more than 200 students at the Pre-Game Tailgate to the Career Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday. The event, which included free food, fun and giveaways, began a series of activities that will culminate at the Oct 20-21 Career Fair.

The Penn College Motorsports Association co-hosted its fourth biannual autocross with the Sports Car Club of America Northeastern Region this past weekend. The event, held at Brodart Co. on Arch Street, is a skill contest that emphasizes drivers' ability and their cars' characteristics.

From campus royalty to a historical photo exhibit in The Gallery at Penn College, to sporting events and alumni reunions, to a car show and "floats" that didn't move, the college was alive this past weekend with a "Connecting the Pieces: Past and Present Unite" Homecoming celebration. For more, visit the PCToday Photo Gallery.