Information Technology Services has postponed the implementation of space limits onfaculty/staff e-mail accounts for one month to give employees additional time to purge items from their GroupWise mailboxes. Initially, everyone's account was set up with a very large limit of 4000 MB to accommodate existing mailbox sizes. On Sept. 1, however, that will be reduced to 500 MB.
The Pennsylvania State University has finalized and approved a new master's program in educational technology, the subject of an interest survey recently hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology. Details are forthcoming about the 33-credit program, which Penn State Continuing Education hopes to offer in a blend of on-site and online courses.
A memorial service was Saturday morning for Lamont E. Butters, head of the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies' civil engineering department, who died early Tuesday, July 19. A faculty member for nearly 30 years, he was the 1985 recipient of Penn College's "Master Teacher" award.
Henriette K. Evans, an Act 101 Academic and Career Specialist in the Office of Academic Support Services at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been elected the Northeast Regional Representative to the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Developmental Educators for 2005-07.
Two new program directors, Shawn A. Kiser and Joseph Mileto Jr., have been named in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences. Kiser, formerly the coordinator of dental hygiene at the college, has been promoted to director of dental hygiene.
Pennsylvania College of Technology and Caterpillar Inc. have presented the third annual "Pathfinder to Excellence" faculty award to an instructor of diesel equipment technology. David C. Johnson was presented with the award during a recent gathering of Caterpillar officials and dealers − several Penn College alumni among them − in the college's Professional Development Center.
Alfred M. Thomas, an associate professor of collision repair at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently earned the professional designation of Certified Collision Repair Manager from the Masters School of Autobody Management in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Steven H. Wallace, a U.S. Military Academy graduate with more than 11 years of experience in higher-education administration, has been named Pennsylvania College of Technology's first-ever assistant dean of transportation technology.
With employee evaluations taking place and the new fiscal year right around the corner, it?s time to consider the college's new professional-development initiative. The initiative calls for all staff to participate ineight hours of annual job-focused professional development. During the annual appraisal, staff are to discuss with their supervisors plans for professional-development activities.
Jeannette L. Fraser, director of the Outreach for K-12 Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been named director of the Legislative and Public Policy Committee for the National Association for Tech Prep Leadership. NATPL's membership includes regional Tech Prep coordinators and state Tech Prep directors from around the country.
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