Students Articles

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.

A Penn College team of associate-degree students finished second in this week's National Association of Home Builders' Student Chapters Residential Construction Management Competition, held in conjunction with the International Builders Show in Las Vegas. Members of the two-year team are Benjamin H. Clark, Zachary T. McAllister, Michael J. Reier, Erich L. Snyder and Brian D. West.

A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students helped to raise more than $3,100 for the working poor through a recent fair-trade craft sale. To open the holiday shopping season, students pursuing bachelor's degrees in applied human services organized and staffed an on-campus sale of handmade goods from around the world through an organization called Ten Thousand Villages.

Fourteen Penn College students traveled to Rome, Naples, Pompeii and other significant sites to study the art and architecture of antiquity from Dec. 31-Jan. 9 with Mark J. Mahosky, program leader and part-time instructor of advertising art. Shanin L. Dougherty, international programs specialist, said the students had a great time learning about art and experiencing another culture.

The Student Government Association announces that three new senators were appointed Wednesday night: Garrett M. Book, Gregory J. Miller and Joseph M. Fox. Garrett M. Book Book, an ornamental horticulture major from Lancaster, was appointed as an SGA senator for the School of Natural Resources Management. He also serves as treasurer for the Horticulture Club at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

The list of graduates for the Fall 2008 semester has been announced at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Fall 2008 dean's list Abdulmajed Fraj Almalki, Houston, Texas, Associate of Applied Science, Emergency Medical Services Agatha Annabel Aleniak, East Stroudsburg, Bachelor of Science, Computer Aided Product Design Ali H.