For those whose primary form of exercise this time of year is hoisting plates of food at holiday feasts, the January program at the Pennsylvania College of Technology Library offers a chance for redemption. On Tuesday, Jan. 29, Paul A.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors has authorized the College administration to prepare a plan exploring the feasibility of and financing options for constructing additional student housing of up to 350 beds and renovating at least five buildings on the main campus. On Thursday, the Board directed Penn College President Dr.
Dr. Lawrence J. Fryda has been named dean of the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Fryda, who will begin his duties at Penn College in January, was selected after a nationwide search.
After nine years as an office worker at a Lycoming County manufacturing firm, Annette Kilgus sensed it was time for a change. "It didn't look like I was going anywhere," said Kilgus, a single mother of two young sons who will be the student speaker at Pennsylvania College of Technology's winter commencement ceremonies Dec. 20.
More than 300 Pennsylvania College of Technology students have petitioned to receive their degrees or certificates in commencement ceremonies scheduled to take place Thursday, Dec. 20, at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. Chef Paul E. Mach, assistant professor of food and hospitality management/culinary arts, will deliver the commencement address.
Faculty and students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will return to the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January to exhibit their culinary expertise in cooking demonstrations to be presented over three days. The five faculty and 10 students will present 19 demonstrations and tasting sessions Jan. 5-7 for the 86th Pennsylvania Farm Show event.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is trying to locate "lost" graduates of the College and its predecessor institutions, Williamsport Area Community College and Williamsport Technical Institute. "We have over 27,000 alumni in our database, with more added every year," said Barbara A. Danko, Penn College's director of alumni relations.
An aircraft propeller valued at $7,000 has been donated to Pennsylvania College of Technology by SCS, Inc., of Warrenton, Va. The Hartzell propeller will be used for instructional purposes on an airplane that's being utilized by the aviation programs in Penn College's School of Transportation Technology.
Thirteen Pennsylvania College of Technology fall-sports athletes were named all-state by the Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association, it has been announced. In addition, all 13, along with eight other Wildcat athletes, received all-conference accolades from the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference.
Jennifer McLean began her duties recently as Pennsylvania College of Technology's director of instructional technology and distance learning. McLean, who was raised in the Chicago suburbs, earned bachelor's degrees in English and biology from Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill., and a master's degree in public health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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