Faculty & Staff Articles

Victoria Hurwitz has been named director of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physical therapist assistant program. Hurwitz, a licensed physical therapist, also holds certification as a Women’s Health Clinical Specialist, and for the past five years, she was a pelvic health physical therapist for UPMC Williamsport.

President Davie Jane Gilmour appeared before the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, assessing COVID-19's impact on fulfillment of Penn College's mission.

In a Tioga County borough that appreciates art, these newcomers feel right at home. A repurposed lens lends color to the garden spot ... ... spilling onto its neighbor with a hammered center and curved, tinted petals. Another unique specimen, seemingly about to bloom A playful parade fronts the ESC.

A pair of YouTube videos adds perspective to the Living Chapel, an international gift that seamlessly melds architecture, botany, theology, sustainability and music – with a vital assist from Penn College welding faculty and students.

Barbara J. Albert, director of the Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently served as a panelist for a national video conference on reopening child care centers following pandemic-related closures. The panel discussion was hosted by the National Coalition for Campus Childcare Centers on May 27.

Christine L. Eckenrod, radiography program director at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently elected to a two-year term as secretary on the Pennsylvania Society of Radiologic Technologists Board of Directors. Eckenrod was elected by PSRT members.

Shawn A. Kiser, dental hygiene program director at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was appointed to the position of commission site visitor for 2020-21 by the Commission on Dental Accreditation.

Fifty-five years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for all Americans to stand up to injustice, Pennsylvania College of Technology's leader – reflecting on a beloved nation again riven by social unrest – urged a renewed embrace of that civic responsibility. "Now is not the time for silence or inaction," President Davie Jane Gilmour said in a campuswide email to students and employees.

Penn College's Fall 2020 plan for the return of in-person instruction was announced Friday morning by President Davie Jane Gilmour, who matched that commitment with assurances to students and parents alike of the expansive pandemic protocols "to mitigate risk and offer safe interaction on campus." The following message was shared with the college community: At Pennsylvania College of Technology, o

A massive structure meant to encourage the “ecological awakening of humanity” can trace its foundation across the Atlantic Ocean to the welding expertise and facilities offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology.