Students Articles

Two technology management students spent the Fall 2008 semester at the Fachhochschule Vorarlberg in Austria, as part of Penn College's exchange program. Dustin K. Droege, of Columbia, and Travis B. Russ, of Effort, spent the semester studying business and management course work in Dornbirn.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's PA-SWAT organization Pennsylvania Students Working Against Tobacco has received $5,000 toward its ongoing anti-smoking initiatives.

Twelve Penn College early childhood education students volunteered at Saturday's grand opening of the James V. Brown Library's Kathryn Siegel-Welch Children's Wing. They assisted children with crafts and making snacks, and also guided Dugout, the Little League mascot, as he visited with attendees.

Returning adult students gathered in the CC TV Lounge for a Valentine's celebration on Thursday. The students enjoyed relaxing between classes and sharing their academic experiences this semester. The event was coordinated by the Returning Adult Student Committee. Snacks, cake and door prizes for each student attending were donated by the committee members.

Collin A. Zimmerman, a junior in the information technology: web and applications development concentration, recently was named to serve as the 2009-10 regional director of the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls. Zimmerman, of Lancaster, was elected to the position this past weekend during a regional business meeting at Lock Haven University.

Student members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's intercollegiate athletics teams and the campus' three recognized fraternities attained collective grade-point averages higher than their peers during the Fall 2008 semester. Penn College's student-athletes achieved an overall GPA of 2.94 for the Fall 2008 semester, considerably above the all-student average of 2.79.

The current issue of American Jails features an article written by Pennsylvania College of Technology student Brandon J. Close and Jeremiah C. Gee, assessment coordinator for the college's School of Integrated Studies. The article details the inception and development of Penn College's Collegiate Association for County Correctional Education, a student organization founded by Close in Fall 2008.

A human resources analyst and recruiter for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry was on campus Tuesday to take the mystery out of the application process for state jobs.

A Spring 2008 landscape/nursery technology graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology has earned state certification as a horticulturist. Christopher M.

A $5,000 scholarship has been awarded to a collision repair technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, one of only six students selected in the third year of the national competition. John S. Ellis III, of Morrisdale, was among those to receive a CCC Michael Salvatore Memorial Student Repair Technician Scholarship, which honors a longtime member of the CCC team.