Students Articles

The inaugural Quad College and University Business Plan Challenge − the first in what is expected to be an annual competition − is open to full- or part-time students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Lycoming College, Mansfield University and Lock Haven University.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology seniors' recent performance makes them eligible for year-end participation in the Business Strategy Game, an online exercise in which teams run fictitious companies in head-to-head competition with their counterparts from around the world. The team of Tina L. Brownson, a business administration-management major from Howard, and Dustin S.

Dusty Brooks, a Resident Assistant in The Village at Penn College, recently received the distinction of being named Pennsylvania College of Technology's "RA of the Month" for the second time.

Are most teenagers prepared to select their career or college major before they graduate from high school? This question is driving admissions and career counseling in a new direction at Pennsylvania College of Technology, an affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University in Williamsport.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association announces its 2005-06 senators − and the nine open seats for which applications are being accepted.

William A. Rutkowski, a junior at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was named the first recipient of the Brian E. Liles Memorial Scholarship. Rutkowski, Dickson City, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in plastics and polymer engineering technology.

Adam C. Barilla, a sophomore in the plastics and polymer engineering technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was named the recipient of the Frazier Family Scholarship for Fall 2005. Barilla, of Strong, carries a 3.91 grade-point average and is a member of Penn College's student chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers.

Penn College students have free access to the YWCA (815 W. Fourth St.) with a valid student ID. This includes access to the warm-water pool and the Y's small weight room, which includes a few weight machines, an exercise bike, limited free weights, a speed bag and a punching bag. In addition, free coupon books are available to all Penn College students, courtesy of the YWCA.

Julie M. Reppert, a senior mass media communication major from Lebanon, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for September. Termed a "tremendous student leader," Reppert's involvement includes leadership roles with the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce "College Town" initiative and Phi Beta Lambda, a student business organization.

The West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association has donated $3,000 to a group of Pennsylvania College of Technology construction students to help defray the costs of competing at January's International Builders' Show in Florida. At a dinner cruiseaboard the Hiawatha paddle wheeler, group president Steven S.