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Angela D. Rymer, a junior Business Administration-Marketing major from Jersey Shore, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for October. Active on and off campus, Rymer is vice president of the Penn College chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, a national organization for students preparing for careers in business.

Rachel S. Hall, a Resident Assistant at The Village at Penn College, has been named Resident Assistant of the Month for August. Hall, who hails from Altoona, is a third-year student working toward a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts Technology with an associate's degree in Dietary Manager Technology.

Congratulations to Resident Assistant Erin Y. Kingsley, who was selected for one of10 spots as a Student Volunteer for the Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers'Conference in Wheeling, W.Va., Oct.19-22. The MACUHO region encompasses all colleges and universities in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

For the second consecutive year, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Nursing Program has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation to help students pay for college expenses. The program was awarded $54,000 last year, and it received $100,000 from PHEF this year.

One of the nation's Top 10 homebuilders has scholarship and internship opportunities available for full-time students interested in residential construction. Application deadlines for the Beazer Homesscholarships are Oct. 29 for the Spring 2005 semester and Feb. 28 for Fall 2005.

The Student Government Association is holding a conference for all student leaders from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Bush Campus Center. Sessions are designed for organization leaders, as well as students wishing to improve their general leadership skills. A student organization can earn up to 110 SGA Cup points by sending four members.

At Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on the campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology, students this fall will help to run the restaurant's kitchen as they provide the public with a taste of foods from across America. On Wednesday and Friday of each week, a School of Hospitality student from the College's Regional American Cuisine class serves as student manager/sous chef.

A student at Pennsylvania College of Technology has earned three scholarships totaling $5,500 to further his welding education and is among 10 Penn College students receiving scholarships from the American Welding Society. Kenneth A. Ellis, Williamsport, is a senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in Welding and Fabrication Engineering Technology.

Twenty-seven students in the Physician Assistant Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology gained real-world experience while they served baseball teams 24 hours a day for 16 days during the recent Little League World Series in South Williamsport. The students, who are juniors and seniors in the program, provided urgent care for players, coaches and their hosts, or "uncles," from Aug.

Wendy Mertzeis, a junior from Tionesta, Forest County, has been chosen as the Student Government Association's "Student of the Month" for September. Enrolled in Office Information Technology-Web Design, she is a respected Resident Assistant in Penn College's Rose Street Apartments and member of the Residence Hall Association. She also serves as program coordinator for the Wildcat Events Board.