A total of $905 was recently donated to the American Red Cross to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Efforts to raise funds were coordinated by members in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Student Government Association and Wildcat Events Board, with support from Food Services and Student Activities. In photo at left, SGA members Sabrena O'Keefe, president, and Kirk M.
Megan L. Kime of Gardners, a junior in the graphic communications management major, has been chosen by the Student Government Association as October's "Student of the Month." Characterized as a "bright, enthusiastic, motivated young woman,"Kime has served as president and is current secretary of the Gamma Epsilon Tau graphic-arts fraternity.
The collision repair department has selected Brandon Smith asits "Student of the Month" for October. The honoree's father ownsthe R.A. Smith& Sonscollision repair shop in York Springs, with 30 years' experience. "Brandon has been a very hard-working, serious and dedicated student and leader while pursuing his education here at Penn College," said Stephen T. Duna, instructor of collision repair.
Buffet menus created by students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be served to the public on Sundays and Mondays this fall at Le Jeune Chef, the college's fine-dining restaurant. Student managers in the School of Hospitality's Breakfast and Brunch course are given a theme, for which they choose recipes to be included on a buffet.
Penn College students were well-represented at Penn State's recent "All-U Day" victory against the then-No. 18 Minnesota Golden Gophers. A campus contingent of Nittany Lion fans traveled to Beaver Stadium on the Student Activities-sponsored bus trip Oct. 1, and Student Government Association officers unfurled a college banner among those of other university-related campuses.
In an effort to provide a more secure environment for distributing grades, the Registrar's Office is initiating a service that allows Pennsylvania College of Technology students to use the Student Information System to select how they wish to receive midterm and final grades.
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.
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