Pennsylvania College of Technology baseball coach Rees Daneker thinks his team will be strong defensively, but wonders how the early-season pitching will hold up. It won't take him long to find out as the Wildcats are scheduled to open their season with doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday at Bowman Field against Westmoreland Community College. Saturday's action begins at 2 p.m.
Bearing gifts to honor displays of Penn College spirit, the "Pride Patrol" traveled the college's campuses Friday in search of Wildcat attire. Pictured from left during this stop in the SASC: prize recipients Jan L. Barlow, athletics secretary, and Marion C. Mowery, residence life assistant; and Pride Patrol student members Thomas L. Smeal, Catherine V. McCall and Wendy Mertzeis.
CC Commons, Penn College's newest dining unit on campus, has opened on the first floor of the Bush Campus Center. Designed to be an all-you-can-eat facility for students with board meal plans,italso has a cash price for declining-balance or cash customers. Menus at CC Commons change from lunch to dinner, and every day there is a different selection.
Representatives from Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabian Oil Co.) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Aramco Services Co., visited paramedic facilities on campus Wednesday. For four years, Penn College has been training students − sponsored by Aramco Services − to earn their associate's degrees in the paramedic major. They will later work in Aramco's 500-bed hospital in Saudi Arabia.
Faculty are invited to participate in the Teachers Learning Community, a group of faculty from all areas of campus who gather on a monthly basis to engage in discussion on scholarly teaching, exchange ideas and gather feedback. This semester kicks off with a screening of the 2002 film " The Emperor's Club" at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1 in CAL, Room104. Everyone is invited.
Staff and faculty are reminded that the Penn College Style Guide is available online. (Username and password are no longer required for access.) The Style Guide offers guidelines for using Penn College names and places, official statements such as the nondiscrimination statement, editorial standards, and more.
An automotive professor at Pennsylvania College of Technology has co-authored two books − characterized as first-of-their-kind texts for automotive professionals − and has been accepted into "Who's Who in America." Ronald A. Garner, an associate professor of automotive technology, co-wrote "The Service Consultant: Working in an Automotive Facility" with C.
Based on their high academic achievements, six freshmen are the first to have been accepted into the new honors program at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Fall 2005 Orientation culminated in a "Penn College Welcome" event on main campus Sunday night, offering the academic community a last dose of summer fun before Monday's start of classes. Students heard remarks from Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour; Student Government Association President Sabrena O'Keefe; and Chester D. Schuman, director of admissions.
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 Sept. 19. 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.
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