Faculty & Staff Articles

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Danny Ramer , Technical Support Assistant, School of Business and Computer Technologies, (180-day Calendar), effective March 3 Barbara Lundy , Food Service Worker, Susquehanna Room, (Regular Part-Time), starting Feb. 27

Twenty-three Pennsylvania College of Technology aviation students and three faculty members were certified in January by the PAMA/SAE Institute, which quantifies technicians' knowledge throughout the aviation maintenance industry.

Already a national leader in helping American Indian tribes prepare for agricultural terrorism, a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member recently was certified as a Master Trainer in bracing for a response to avian influenza commonly characterized as "bird flu." Steven R.

Tracey Amey, librarian for digital initiatives at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, was selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of "Who's Who in America." Amey, who made presentations at several library-related conferences during the past year, will be included in the 63rd edition of the annual publication.

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. Among the latest additions: · Shawnalee Miller , Secretary for Student Support Services, Academic Support Services, effective Feb.

Douglas M. Sherry, a part-time instructor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently published reviews in a variety of scholarly journals. Sherry's book review of David Farber's "Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter With Radical Islam" was published in the December 2007 issue of the Journal of American Culture.

David L. Evans, professor of biology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was selected for inclusion in the 2009 Edition of "Who's Who in America." Scheduled for publication in October 2008, it marks the 63rd edition of the "original" Who's Who in America, first published in 1899 by A.N. Marquis.

The Institutional Advancement Office and Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour recognized the support of college employees through the Annual Fundand other college fundraising initiatives at a recent luncheon in the Thompson Professional Development Center.

A member of the horticulture faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently joined colleagues from across the country in a visit with the nation's largest landscape-construction contractor, returning home with a $1,000 donation for the college's School of Natural Resources Management. Carl J. Bower Jr. attended the Second Annual Faculty Summit, held Feb.

Two faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology presented a paper at the Teaching Economics: Instruction and Classroom-Based Research conference held Feb. 14-16 at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. Gerald D. "Chip" Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration, and Abdul B.