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Chelsey L. Wayman, an accounting major from Rome, was chosen as April's Student of the Month by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology. "Chelsey has been indispensible to TRiO Student Support Services, where she is a peer tutor and coach," her nominator wrote of the Spring 2009 semester's final honoree.

For the second year in a row, a student in the Athens Area School District who will attend Pennsylvania College of Technology after graduation has been selected as the recipient of the Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship. A selection committee has chosen Matthew J. Delp, RR2 Ulster, as the 2009 recipient of the scholarship award, named in honor of the late wife of former state Sen.

Graduation ceremonies were held on May 15 for the medical (office) assistant program at the North Campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology. Seven students completed the program, a nine-month clock-hour training that prepares students for employment in medical offices and clinics. The students chose their instructor, Debra A. Day, as the speaker for the event. Brenda G.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented student achievement awards to its May 2009 graduates. More than 900 students petitioned to graduate at the conclusion of the Spring 2009 semester. Three commencement ceremonies were held May 15-16 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

The legacy of Kenneth E. Carl who was an instructor when Pennsylvania College of Technology forerunner Williamsport Technical Institute was founded and later became its director and the first president of Williamsport Area Community College continues with the graduation of his grandson from the college on May 15. Michael J.

The New Choices/New Options program in Career Services is recruiting single parents, single pregnant women and displaced homemakers. NC/NO offers career-development services including (but not limited to) resume-writing, interview skills, stress management, goal-setting and assessments. Program completers are eligible to apply for tuition assistance and/or textbook-cost reimbursement.

Seventeen Pennsylvania College of Technology students who plan to graduate during the 2009 calendar year were presented with Penn College Awards during a Thursday banquet at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. The 13th annual ceremony recognized students who have made outstanding contributions to Penn College and who have risen above their peers as a result of their leadership.

A student in the occupational therapy assistant major at Pennsylvania College of Technology was recently honored with national and state scholarship awards. The American Occupational Therapy Foundation awarded Holly L. Montarsi, of Howard, the Willard and Spackman Memorial Scholarship.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were selected to attend the National Restaurant Association's Salute to Excellence, scheduled in Chicago on May 16. The event kicks off the National Restaurant Association's 90th annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. Penn College students Ashley M.

Career Services wishes members of the graduating Class of 2009 all the best in their professional endeavors and reminds graduates that its services (resume building, job-search and interview skills, Career Fairs, on-campus recruiting and the Penn College Career Hub) are available to them as alumni. Contact Career Services byphone at570-327-4502 or by e-mail .