Pennsylvania College of Technology presented honors to four alumni during Spring 2024 commencement ceremonies, held May 10-11 at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Kate McCall Stepnick, of Bloomsburg, received the Alumni Humanitarian Award; Daniel T. Hornberger, of Seven Valleys, and Richard C. Hornberger, of Mechanicsburg, were recognized with Distinguished Alumni Awards; and Corey A. Sarver, of Sykesville, Maryland, accepted the Alumni Mentorship Award.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its Spring 2024 graduates. Commencement ceremonies were held Friday, May 10, and Saturday, May 11, at the Community Arts Center. Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s dental hygiene Class of 2024 represents the most men the program has ever enrolled. Forty students are accepted into the program each year. Five men are part of the cohort set to graduate May 10.
As part of the many end-of-academic-year events, the Pennsylvania College of Technology chapters of two honor societies – Alpha Chi and Phi Theta Kappa– held induction ceremonies. President Michael J. Reed and Joanna K. Flynn, vice president for academic affairs and provost, participated in the ceremonies, as did chapter officers and faculty advisers.
Pennsylvania College of Technology presented faculty and staff with a variety of awards and recognized employees and retirees who have reached significant milestones as the 2023-24 academic year concludes. President Michael J. Reed celebrated the honorees during a May 9 All-College meeting in the Klump Academic Center auditorium.
Prior to receiving their baccalaureate degrees, two Army ROTC cadets at Pennsylvania College of Technology were commissioned as second lieutenants and assigned to their Army component and branch. Upon commissioning, the cadets committed to four years of active duty or eight years in the Army Reserve or National Guard.
Following the final All-College meeting of the 2023-24 academic year, held in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium on Thursday morning, the Penn College community descended on the Keystone Dining Room for food and fellowship at the annual Employee Picnic. The tradition is a timely (and delicious) break in the action-packed, end-of-semester calendar and an opportunity to casually connect with colleagues.
Four Pennsylvania College of Technology aviation maintenance technology students, along with two instructors and two college staffers, took part in the inaugural Aerospace Day at the state Capitol. Held Tuesday, the event highlighted opportunities in the aerospace and aviation industries in Pennsylvania. Penn College was part of a select group of aerospace and aviation industry and higher education representatives.
Seven students – accompanied by instructors Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, and Chef Amanda L. Farr-Lepper, assistant professor of culinary arts – recently visited several downtown Williamsport hospitality providers. The baking & culinary students were enrolled in the Facilities Planning class.
WNEP-TV’s Mackenzie Aucker visited campus to produce a story on Penn College hosting STEMFest, a celebration of engineering and technical careers for middle school students and educators. Auker visited several of the STEMFest sessions, including robotics, civil engineering technology and engineering design.
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