Alumni News Articles

In a gathering as diverse and colorful as any holiday get-together, members of the Penn College familyare putting their distinct spin on a yuletide standard taking part in the Community Theatre League's production of "Scrooge! The Musical." The show, a tuneful retelling of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," opened Dec. 10 and will continue at 7:30 nightly Dec. 17-19 and at 2 p.m. Dec.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Homecoming brought together hundreds of alumni and students during a variety of events at the college's facilities.

Keith L. Jeffcoat, a 2001 alumnus of the plastics and polymer engineering technology major, recently returned to campus to speak with several plastics classes. Jeffcoat is a staff development engineer in R&D at Ethicon-Endo Surgery, part of the Johnson & Johnson family of companies.

Two Penn College employees and several alumni will perform "The Music of Faure" with the Williamsport Civic Chorus at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 142 Market St., Williamsport. Barbara Albert, program specialist for early childhood education, and Debra Buckman, assistant professor of environmental technology, sing with the chorus.

Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will dedicate proceeds from an upcoming bread and pastry sale to a memorial fund for a former classmate. The Baking and Pastry Arts Application class will dedicate its Nov. 13 sale to raising funds for the Akacia Klick Memorial Fund.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has appointed Valerie L. Fessler as director of alumni relations. Fessler, who had been employed as development officer, direct marketing for the Geisinger Foundation, Danville, began her duties at the college on Oct. 19.

Students and alumni looking for postgraduate jobs or valuable internships were encouraged to attend Penn College's Fall 2009 Career Fair, held Oct. 20-21 in Penn's Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Coaching from the sidelines of the Campus Center lawn, Career Services staff served more than 200 students at the Pre-Game Tailgate to the Career Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday. The event, which included free food, fun and giveaways, began a series of activities that will culminate at the Oct 20-21 Career Fair.

Dean Yasharian, who earned a bachelor's degree in culinary arts technology in 2003, will appear on an episode of Food Network series "Chopped" this week. The episode, titled "When Chefs Collide," will premiere at 10 p.m. Oct. 13 and will be rebroadcast at 1 a.m. Oct. 14 and 8 p.m. Oct. 23.

From campus royalty to a historical photo exhibit in The Gallery at Penn College, to sporting events and alumni reunions, to a car show and "floats" that didn't move, the college was alive this past weekend with a "Connecting the Pieces: Past and Present Unite" Homecoming celebration. For more, visit the PCToday Photo Gallery.