Pennsylvania College of Technology honored three faculty members with Distinguished Teaching Awards at Spring Commencement ceremonies held May 16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The college's highest level of recognition for a faculty member − the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award − was presented to Christine M. Kessler, assistant professor of physician assistant.
The legacy of a well-respected assistant professor of architecture technology will continue at Pennsylvania College of Technology through a new scholarship fund established in his memory. The executors of the estate of the late William H. Ealer have signed an agreement with the Penn College Foundation establishing the William H. Ealer Scholarship Fund.
More than 50 original works of art by dozens of Penn College employees are on exhibit in the Gallery at Penn College through June 30. The works include paintings, photographs, wood, ceramics, mixed media, fiber and metal. An opening reception was held Thursday in the gallery, on the third floor of Madigan Library, to showcase the magnificent manifestation of the employees' creative spirit.
Pennsylvania College of Technology presented Distinguished Staff and Part-Time Teaching Excellence Awards on Thursday, while also recognizing new members of the college's Quarter-Century Club and recent retirees. The Distinguished Staff Awards honor the contributions and commitment of Penn College's employees, who are nominated by their co-workers.
(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a May 14 all-college meeting to close the 2008-09 academic year.) It is fitting that we end each academic year by honoring students, faculty, and staff who distinguished themselves through their accomplishments.
John W. Miller, a longtime member of the School of Business and Computer Technologies' information technology faculty until his retirement in 2005, died Tuesday, May 12, following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1407 Allegheny St., Jersey Shore.
An associate professor of collision repair at Pennsylvania College of Technology co-authored the textbook, "Collision Repair and Refinishing: A Foundation Course for Technicians," which recently was published by Cengage/Delmar Learning. Alfred M. Thomas II collaborated with Michael Jund, an instructor at Eastern Iowa Community College.
A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies gave a presentation during the recent 2009 PA Home Energy Conference at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College. Richard C.
A management professor and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently was honored for his tenure on the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education Board of Commissioners. The citation for Terry A.
Two articles written by William J. Astore, associate professor of history at Pennsylvania College of Technology, were published recently in a newspaper and a print journal. The Dallas Morning News printed "Aboard the USS Ameriprise," Astore's look at U.S. military missions overseas through the lens of "Star Trek," as a full-page feature essay in its April 12 edition.
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