Faculty & Staff Articles

Faculty members in biology and business administration were the recipients of the "Excellence in Teaching" awards presented by Pennsylvania College of Technology at commencement ceremonies held Saturday, May 19, at the Community Arts Center. The 2001 awards went to Ann Marie Furdock of South Williamsport, an associate professor of biology, and Dr. Irwin H.

The U.S. State Department has awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to S. Layne Russell, an attorney and assistant professor of legal studies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, who will use the opportunity to explore a "new legal era" in Slovenia, a country that broke away from the former communist Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991.

Joanna Michelle Treese, food service manager at the Bush Campus Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been chosen to attend a National Association of College and University Food Services Leadership Institute at Russellville, Ark., on June 2-8.

Barbara J. Albert, group leader at the Children's Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been awarded a Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation Child Care Teacher Recognition Award for her commitment to quality child care. The honor, which was bestowed April 4 in King of Prussia, includes a $500 grant to the Children's Learning Center for the purchase of a digital camera.

Pennsylvania College of Technology received awards in national competitions recently for a marketing brochure, its quarterly magazine and its television cooking series on PBS. "Admissions Marketing Report," the national newspaper of admissions marketing, honored Penn College with two awards in the 16th Annual Admissions Advertising Awards competition.

It may not be an Oscar, Emmy or Grammy, but it's just as coveted. Just like Hollywood, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Office of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is sharing the spotlight with other nationally recognized media producers. Penn College's team of multimedia producers has been presented an Award of Distinction in the 2000 Communicator Awards competition.

As someone whose chief mission was to obtain federal, state and local funding for a multitude of projects at Pennsylvania College of Technology and its predecessor institution over the years, Dr. Grant M. Berry Jr. can be said to have put the "grant" in grantsmanship. Berry, who retired Jan.

A list of new and transferred full- and regular part-time for the Spring 2001 semester has been compiled by the Human Resources Office and announced by Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour, Penn College president. FACULTY Transfer T.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has launched a search to fill three academic-dean's positions by July 2001. The search has commenced for deans in the schools of Business and Computer Technologies, Industrial and Engineering Technologies and Integrated Studies. Applications are being reviewed, and the search will continue until the positions are filled.

Gov. Tom Ridge has appointed James E. Doebler, associate professor of aviation at Pennsylvania College of Technology, to the state's newly established Aviation Advisory Committee. Doebler, a resident of Muncy Valley, has taught at Penn College since 1988. He received his letter of notification from the governor this week.