Beginning with the Fall 2005 semester, Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a nine-credit early childhood director competency credential.
The practical nursing program at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro has been granted full-approval status by the state Board of Nursing. The status is given to programs that comply fully with all state regulations and policies and maintain acceptable standards. The board granted the designation following a site visit by nursing-education advisers.
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology aviation students and a 2002 graduate participated in last week'sExperimental Aircraft Association Fly-In and Convention in Oshkosh, Wis., meeting and speaking with three of the world's top air-show performers. Among the attendees were Marolous D.
A new academic major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will enhance the training opportunities for PPL Electric Utilities Corp. employees, offering them an associate's degree in transmission and distribution technology.
Information Technology Services has postponed the implementation of space limits onfaculty/staff e-mail accounts for one month to give employees additional time to purge items from their GroupWise mailboxes. Initially, everyone's account was set up with a very large limit of 4000 MB to accommodate existing mailbox sizes. On Sept. 1, however, that will be reduced to 500 MB.
The Pennsylvania State University has finalized and approved a new master's program in educational technology, the subject of an interest survey recently hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology. Details are forthcoming about the 33-credit program, which Penn State Continuing Education hopes to offer in a blend of on-site and online courses.
The Association for Avionics Education will hold its 2005 conference at Pennsylvania College of Technology from Oct. 27-28. "The AAE conference is the only forum where those who teach avionics and related subjects can communicate, publish and present," noted Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics at Penn College.
A total of 190 students have petitioned to graduate in August from Pennsylvania College of Technology, which will hold a Summer Commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The student speaker will be Tim D. Case of Williamsport, who will receive an associate's degree in paramedic technology.
The president-elect of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics addressed primary- and secondary-school instructors on Monday at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Francis "Skip" Fennell was the keynote speaker for the Pennsylvania Governor's Institute for Mathematics Educators, which will continue on campus through Friday.
Joseph M. O'Neill Jr., 19, of Pottsville, a student in the electric power generation technology major at Penn College, died July 23 in Wayne Township, Schuylkill County. A memorial service was held in Grace Evangelical Congregational Church, Schuylkill Haven. Ebling-Stabingas Funeral Home Inc., Cressona,was in charge of arrangements.
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