"Anything Goes," an exhibition featuring fine-art quilts by the High Fiber Art Quilters, will be presented Sept. 12-29 at Pennsylvania College of Technology's 202 Gallery. The show will include works by Beth Aten, Joan Collins, Fran MacEachren, Ricki Maietta, Deb Porter, Paula Swett and Nancy Vanderlin. Patrons may view the art from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
Ford Motor Co. of Chantilly, Va., recently donated three 2000 Mercury Villager minivan shells (with no engines) to Pennsylvania College of Technology. The shells, which will be used for instructional purposes, are valued at $4,628 each. Penn College is an official Ford satellite-training center and has been receiving donations of components and vehicles from the automaker since 1968.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. of Torrance, Calif., recently donated a 2000 Corolla sedan and a 2000 Sienna minivan to Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Corolla, valued at $14,363, and the Sienna, valued at $22,628, will be used for instructional purposes only.
DaimlerChrysler of Auburn Hills, Mich., recently donated a 1997 Dodge Ram Van 2500 to Pennsylvania College of Technology. The donated van, which is valued at $23,063, will be used for instructional purposes only. Presenting the van for Daimler-Chrysler was Sherri Beckwith. Accepting the vehicle for Penn College was Colin W. Williamson, dean of the School of Transportation Technology.
Gov. Tom Ridge has appointed James E. Doebler, associate professor of aviation at Pennsylvania College of Technology, to the state's newly established Aviation Advisory Committee. Doebler, a resident of Muncy Valley, has taught at Penn College since 1988. He received his letter of notification from the governor this week.
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hired new full-time faculty for the 2000-01 academic year. The faculty members and their work areas are: John R. Cuprisin, associate professor, Automotive Technology/Ford ASSET; Paul W. Howe, assistant professor, Business Administration/Travel and Tourism; Bryan James, instructor, Mathematics; Ronald E.
Pennsylvania College of Technology will be classified in the "Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges" category of the 2000 edition of The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the leading typology of American colleges and universities.
"Cure for the Common Callback," a popular seminar addressing building-science and quality-control issues, will be the first in a series of "Builders' Workshop" programs offered around the state October through March by the Pennsylvania Housing Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology in partnership with the Pennsylvania Housing Research Center at The Pennsylvania State University.
The Second Annual Collection Showcase of "Art on Campus" at Pennsylvania College of Technology features two quilts, two mixed-media paintings, an oil painting and an iris print (photograph).
An ultramodern aircraft constructed of composite material has been donated to Pennsylvania College of Technology by Dr. Francis M. Powers Jr. and William T. Castle. The single-engine, retractable-gear Velocity airplane, which was built in 1994, has a value of $137,000. It will be used for instructional purposes by students in the aviation majors at Penn College.
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