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Thomas P. Garrett, an information technology: security specialist major from Lansford, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's final Student of the Month for the semester.

Early childhood education majors who are completing their practicum semesters in community schools and agencies, along with their supervising teachers, were honored with a "Practicum Banquet" in the Professional Development Center on April 16.

Individuals selected to be Senior Resident Assistants possess strong leadership skills, as well as a commitment to student life at Penn College and the Office of Residence Life. This year's selection process was quite competitive, resulting in the four individuals named below emerging to the top of the list.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students are scheduled to travel to Louisville, Ky., for the 134th Kentucky Derby and its sister race, the Kentucky Oaks, where they will help feed thousands of guests. The students, accompanied by Chefs Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, and Charles R.

A senior landscape/nursery technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was among competitors at the recent Student Career Days near Atlanta, winning honors for participation in educational sessions at the three-day event. Melissa D.

Ten members and two advisers of the Earth Smart club spent Tuesday afternoon cleaning a section of Northway Road in Loyalsock Township. This is the club's ninth year cleaning that portion of road. The club cleans the roadway twice a year once in the fall semester and again in spring.

The 2008 Student Government Association Executive Board elections are officially over and the results are in. A record-breaking 813 votes were cast, an 11-percent voter turnout. The success of this election was attributed to the competition for the offices of president, vice president of public relations and vice president of finance.

As part of Occupational Therapy Month, students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's occupational therapy assistant program will present poster sessions on emerging or contemporary areas of occupational therapy practice on April 30 in the college's Madigan Library.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the physical fitness specialist major were given the opportunity to experience aquatic-exercise classes, thanks to the Williamsport YMCA.

The College Store has joined with the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology to promote recycled textbooks and reward student organizations who generate the most participation. The College Store is working to expand awareness among faculty and students of the value of reusing textbooks.