PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Sandra Britton , Food Service Worker, Susquehanna Room, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, effective Nov. 6
The on-campus Powder Puff Football team had the last laugh last year, beating its off-campus opponents 16-14. This year, according to a game recap from Jason Bottorf, intramural/Fitness Center assistant, the off-campus women returned the favor. Amber Geckle handed off to Kim Carbaugh, who sprinted past the on-campus defense and scored the game's first touchdown.
Students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's baking and pastry arts application class prepared goodies for Friday night's "Sweet Temptations," a fundraising event at the Best Western Inn sponsored by the Lycoming County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For a $10 donation, visitors could sample sweet treats made by local businesses.
Two alumni from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will visit the college this month to talk with students about their jobs in unique hospitality niches. Shawn Sidey, who graduated in 1996 with a degree in food and hospitality management, will visit the college on Nov. 17. Sidey is a roasting supervisor for Starbucks Coffee Co.'s York Roasting Plant in York.
Brian M. McKeon, assistant professor of biology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently earned a doctorate in philosophy and medical ethics from Binghamton University. He successfully defended his dissertation, titled "The Hobgoblin of Little Minds: How the Psychology of Contradiction Explains the Cyclic Nature of Philosophy," in September.
Students in the Physician Assistant Club at Pennsylvania College of Technology raised $1,700 for a children's charity during a two-week fund-raiser in September. The money was raised through a T-shirt sale and donated to the Cancer Recovery Foundation, Children's Project.
On this Veterans Day weekend, PCToday honors the Penn College students, staff and faculty that have served (or continue to serve) our country. Originally known as Armistice Day, the observance marked the end of "The Great War" (World War I) at 11 a.m. Nov.
A junior in Pennsylvania College of Technology's four-year aviation maintenance technology major is the first college student in the commonwealth to be certified as an Aircraft Electronics Technician. Marc D.
Seven teams of regional Volvo service and parts technicians competed at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center from Nov. 6-9 for the right to represent the Northeast region in next month's North American "Volvo Master Cup" finals.
The latest exhibit at the Gallery at Penn College, "ReMix: Wax and the Intuitive Process," opened with a reception from 3:30-7 p.m. Tuesday. The exhibit features three Philadelphia artists David Foss, Michelle Marcuse and Antonio Puri whose work celebrates the continued use and relevance of wax as a contemporary visual-art medium.
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