Rick Surita has been named director of residence life at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Surita has more than 16 years' experience in higher-education student affairs, including more than eight years in leadership positions for residence life. He succeeds Ward W.
Edgar A. Hollingsworth, associate professor of machine tool technology and automated manufacturing at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently nominated by a former student for inclusion in "Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Educators." His biography will appear in the 11th edition of the book, which honors about 5 percent of the nation's teachers.
A faculty member in Penn College's School of Health Sciences is mentioned in Thursday's editions of The New York Times for research conducted during her doctoral studies at Marywood University in Scranton. The work by Tina M. Evans-Simington, assistant professor of dental hygiene/applied health studies in conjunction with Dr. Kenneth W.
Robert C. Dietrich has been named executive director of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation. Established in 1981, the foundation is a nonprofit organization that seeks to secure financial and other support for the college. The foundation's activities include providing student scholarships and other financial assistance, fundraising, and general promotion of the college.
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: Scott Osborg , Audio/Visual Specialist, ITS/Audio/Visual Services, beginning Jan. 21 Ricardo Surita , Director of Residence Life, starting Jan.
(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a Jan. 11 all-college meeting to open the Spring 2008 semester.) Good morning and Happy New Year. Any time I prepare for an all-college meeting, there are a few things I routinely do. I ask those people I work closely with if there is anything for me to announce, highlight, etc.
Two faculty from the Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology department recently completed Tyco Electronics' Netconnect Act I and Act II, a two-course sequence covering the installation, certification and troubleshooting of copper and optical fiber premises cabling systems.
The results of a faculty survey, distributed when members of the Quality Through Assessment Committee presented updates during each academic school's first meeting in the fall, have been posted to the QTA Web site .
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology employees offered a presentation recently at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education annual conference in Philadelphia. Tina M. Evans-Simington, assistant professor of dental hygiene/applied health studies, and Jeremiah C.
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. Michael Allen, Faculty, Welding (temporary), Industrial and Engineering Technologies, effective Jan. 10 Dianne Eberle, Faculty, Nursing Program, Health Sciences, starting Jan.
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