Students Articles

Wielding rakes, leaf bags and paint rollers, Penn College students descended upon the Williamsport YWCA for a Saturday afternoon of community service. The students organized by K. Dex Tuttle, assistant director for programming in the Student Activities Office raked and bagged leaves at the 815 W. Fourth St. facility and repainted traffic lines.

Services were held this week for James "Andy" Hinson, a general studies student from Milton, who died Sunday at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Full military honors were accorded Hinson, who was a member of the Lewisburg-based 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

On Nov. 3, 12 Pennsylvania College of Technology Cisco Networking Academy students, along with their instructor, visited the corporate headquarters of PPL Telcom in Allentown. The group was hosted by Pam Barilli, marketing communications specialist.

Terri L. Karns of Millville, an early childhood education major interningwith the Greenwood Friends School pre-primary program near her hometown, was featured in a recent edition of the Bloomsburg Press Enterprise.

Congratulations to Penn College's EarthSmart Club Debra A. Buckman, assistant professor of environmental technology, and David L. Evans, biology professor,are the advisers for its many years of highway cleanup as participants in PennDot's litter-cleanup campaign.

Lanessa L. Satteson of Elimsport, a second-year student seeking an associate's degree in collision repair technology, has been chosen by the department faculty/staff as November's "Student of the Month." "Lanessa is an extremely hard-working individual in everything she tackles, be it academics or live labs," remarked instructor Stephen T. Duna.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Occupational Therapy Assistant Club, along with faculty in the college's occupational therapy assistant major, gave of their time recently to help build a home in Avis. The group volunteered their efforts for a Habitat for Humanity project that will benefit an alumna of the occupational therapy assistant program.

Megan L. Kime, a graphic communications management student at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was awarded first place recently for her production of a flexographically printed pressure-sensitive label. Kime, Gardners, is a junior in the bachelor-degree major.

Penn College is among only five schools chosen by CCC Information Services Inc. to share $25,000 in automotive collision repair training and education scholarships to assist deserving students pursuing a career in the industry. The CCC Outstanding Student Technician Scholarship, developed with the I-CAR Education Foundation, is accepting applications for the 2006 program.

The next session of "Project Choice" a free program at Pennsylvania College of Technology that provides assistance for adults considering a career change will begin Dec. 5. Offered by the Counseling, Career and Disability Services Office at Penn College, Project Choice provides comprehensive career exploration for anyone wishing to forge a new career path.