(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a May 10 all-college meeting to end the Spring 2012 semester) Good morning. Whether translated as a blessing or a curse, the proverb, “May you live in interesting times” certainly applies to 2011-12 at Penn College.
Faculty members from Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management recently co-chaired two-day SkillsUSA state competitions in Pennsylvania and New York. Bill P. Kilcoyne Jr. and Chris S. Weaver, instructors of diesel equipment technology, oversaw the Diesel Technology competition among 12 high school contestants at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Mark E.
PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Tonya Wilcox, full-time temporary Clerical Worker, North Campus Outreach Services, effective April 30 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Board of Directors has approved "professor emeritus" status for Phillip D. Landers, retired professor of business administration/management. Landers retired in August after 43 years as a faculty member at Penn College and its predecessor institution, Williamsport Area Community College.
Students in MTH 156 (Mathematics in Non-European Cultures) presented their study abroad projects in the Bush Campus Center TV Lounge this past week. The group traveled to Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and studied the Mayan civilization. The Penn College community is welcome to sign up for next year's overland adventure through the rain forests and lowlands of the Mayan world.
Team SchuPa will run the Rivertown Half Marathon in Danville on May 5 to support the Chester D. Schuman Scholarship, memorializing Penn College's longtime admissions director and golf coach. Some of the team members are pictured with members of the Schuman family, sporting the team T-shirt designed by the Schumans' daughter, Lauren, a 2005 Penn College graduate.
A faculty member in the School of Integrated Studies at Pennsylvania College of Technology was a presenter at two recent conferences. D. Robert Cooley, assistant professor of anthropology/environmental science, presented on March 24 at the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning With Technology and on March 29 at the annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Baltimore.
Three individuals with a wealth of workforce-development and industry experience recently began working at Pennsylvania College of Technology as administrators with Workforce Development & Continuing Education and the Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center at Penn College. Shannon M. Munro was named executive director of workforce development and continuing education. Rex E.
Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Healthy Wildcats adviser Kristi L. Hammaker, health and fitness specialist; Stephanie M. Hunsucker, Sicklerville, N.J., applied health studies: physical fitness specialist concentration; Whitnie-Rae Mays, Reading, graphic design/advertising art; Stephanie L. Weidman, Westfield, pre-occupational therapy; and Sammera T.
Debra A. Buckman, assistant professor of chemistry and environmental science at Pennsylvania College of Technology, participated on a panel discussion on the role of educators in teaching about Marcellus Shale. The discussion was part of the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators.
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