When Pennsylvania College of Technology students began classes Aug. 16, those in baking, pastry and culinary arts majors already had their hands full as they work to fill the stomachs of the teams participating in the Little League Baseball ® World Series, held just a few miles from the Penn College campus.
Pennsylvania College of Technology baking and pastry arts faculty member Chef Charles R. Niedermyer II recently presented an education session for Retail Confectioners International’s 2021 Annual Convention & Industry Expo.
Properly masked and artfully composed, students connect with another new arrival (and unfailingly good sport) Ellyn A. Lester, assistant dean of construction and architectural technologies. Another stop on the cross-campus itinerary: the entrance sign at Maynard Street and Hagan Way Hoping to add some style points to their contest total, the "ties have it" in Career Services' clothes closet.
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. Melissa L. Gundy, regular part-time Fitness Center Assistant, Athletics; effective Aug. 15 Brittany A. Breon, regular part-time Paramedic Program Clinical Director, School of Nursing & Health Sciences; starting Aug.
An interview with Penn College writer/video producer Tom Speicher, co-author of “Bucky Deacon’s Dilemma,” debuted Thursday morning on WVIA Radio's "Art Scene" with Erika Funke. The youth sports novel, sales of which benefit the college's Emergency Scholarship Fund, is discussed at length in a broadcast timed to the start of the Little League Baseball World Series.
A faculty member and an administrator at Pennsylvania College of Technology have created a scholarship for students majoring in graphic design. Brian A. and Joanna K.
Campuswide ingenuity and the generosity of a longtime supporter have produced the Fish Real Estate Leadership Challenge Course at Penn College. Architecture and concrete science students; General Services personnel; and Rob Cooley, associate professor of anthropology/environmental science, played vital roles in developing and building the course.
The Matthews family's new home in the city's Newberry section is dedicated during an Aug. 3 ceremony attended by Penn College co-workers. A college crew assisted in constructing the staircase, shown here in its finished form. Duane Herberger (in yellow shirt), executive director of the Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity, addresses attendees at the home dedication.
Bradley M. Webb (left), dean of engineering technologies, discusses plastic pellets during a lab tour with Rep. Barbara Gleim (R-199) and Rep. Martin Causer (R-67), committee chair. Causer is framed by the Baja SAE team's vehicle in the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center. The tour group moves to a welding lab in the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center. At left (in red tie) is Rep.
Members of the Penn College family are invited to participate in a survey about the ongoing national search for the successor to President Davie Jane Gilmour, who announced her retirement plans in May. The brief survey will solicit confidential input from students, faculty/staff, alumni, parents, administrators, board members and the community to aid the search committee's mission.
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