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Students Share Special Thanks With Employee Donors

Friday, February 23, 2018

Student development assistants encouraged peers to share their love of Pennsylvania College of Technology donors in February by delivering birthday greetings, signing "Thank you" cards and expressing gratitude via video message.

"I am always in awe of the gratitude that my classmates and peers have for our generous Penn College donors," said Ryan Monteleone, lead student development assistant. "Their support enables us to have the best labs with state-of-the-art equipment, in addition to countless scholarship opportunities. I am so glad that we were able to show our thanks during this weeklong campus event."



Students add their signatures to "Thank you" cards for employee donors at Penn College.Student development assistant Ryan Monteleone delivers a balloon to Heather L. Allison, a workforce development consultant, among the college donors observing a birthday in February.This semester, the student development assistants took their appreciation a step further by enlisting their peers across campus to express thanks via video to the loyal faculty, staff and retiree donors for the many ways they contribute to the Penn College experience. Premiered at Tuesday's Employee & Retiree Donor Recognition event, the message touched many.

"Several employees approached me afterward, thanking me for my message to them," added Monteleone, an information assurance and cyber security major from Stevens. "Their action reinforces just how much Penn College employees care about our success and us. Their financial support truly helps students earn 'degrees that work,' and we look forward to expressing our continued thanks in the future."

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