Robert L. Norton – an alumnus, retired faculty member and father of a program director in the School of Nursing & Health Sciences – died Friday, March 19, 2021, at the age of 90. He received a certificate from the former Williamsport Technical Institute and an associate degree from Williamsport Area Community College, and was an aviation instructor at WACC and Penn College for 24 years.
On the one-year anniversary of the coordinated emergency response to COVID-19, Pennsylvania College of Technology students had the opportunity to hear from the director of the Snohomish County (Washington) Department of Emergency Management, whose jurisdiction includes the country's first confirmed case of the coronavirus. Jason M.
Drew R. Potts, assistant professor and head of Penn College's civil engineering/surveying technology department, headlines a virtual tour of a dynamic career field.
A total of 3,546 meals were provided to 484 Penn College students in COVID-related isolation or quarantine so far this academic year, according to Dining Services statistics shared Thursday with the administration. Figures through February break down into: dinner, 1,258; lunch, 877; breakfast, 817; and brunch, 243.
Several Penn College students and two employee mentors assisted with a local Habitat for Humanity build at 702 Diamond St. in Newberry on Saturday, March 13, one of two recent opportunities to volunteer on behalf of the Greater Williamsport area. Flanagan helps to build a world of decent housing.
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. Jordan O. Miller, full-time Carpenter/Maintenance Worker, General Services; beginning March 15 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.
An Emergency Management Leadership Series, featuring topic experts recruited by a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member to provide his students with topical and credible perspectives from their chosen career fields, recently kicked off with a presentation by Amazon's global business continuity and supply chain risk leader.
Using square-foot floor tiles to maintain the space between them, students from the college's School of Engineering Technologies listen to Potts' on-the-job memories from construction of their immediate surroundings. Potts points out the three-dimensional structural details ... ... while marking their location on building plans for simultaneous viewing on students' devices.
Keara M. Hess, assistant group leader at the CLC (and a 2020 alumna of the college's early childhood education major) espouses civility and consideration. Also getting into the act are this member of the Birds' class, literally stepping up for the cause ... ... and Alex J.
Think you have what it takes to design the future? Meet Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architectural technology and 31-year member of the Penn College faculty, who discusses the program and leads a virtual tour of the hands-on studio spaces on the second floor of the Carl Building Technologies Center.
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