Faculty & Staff Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Penn College Education Association which includes full-time teaching faculty, librarians and counselors employed by the college have agreed to extend their current employment contract through the 2008-09 academic year.

The Student Affairs Professional Development Committee held an early Valentine's gathering in the Campus Center TV Lounge on Friday afternoon. The get-togethers were initiated by Jill S. Landesberg-Boyle, vice president for student affairs, as monthly opportunities for staff support and team-building. In photo at left, Fitness Center supervisor Kristi L.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Charles Lowry, Lab Assistant for Horticulture, (Temporary Full-Time), School of Natural Resources Management, effective Feb. 13

Have expertise you're willing to share? Professional Development recently simplified the professional-development program-proposal form. Faculty and staff interested in presenting a professional-development program on campus are encouraged to use this form to forward your program information to Professional Development.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Carolyn Hindman, Test Center Proctor, (Regular Part-Time), Academic Affairs, effective Jan. 24 Keith Saboski , Library Circulation Assistant (Temporary Regular Part-Time), College Library, starting Jan.

More and more Penn College employees are adding their support to the Madigan Library Campaign. One of them is Diana L. Kuhns, assistant professor of mathematics. "As a young person, I spent countless hours in libraries, feeding my passion for reading," Kuhns said. "As a student, I was often tucked away in the corner of a library searching for sources and writing countless papers.

Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has authored a book in which she suggests an alternative perspective on "history from below," as promoted by the Indian school of Subaltern Studies. The book, titled "What Went Wrong With 'History From Below': Reinstating Human Agency As Human Creativity," was published in 2005 by K. P.

All Penn College employees are invited to attend the next informational session about one of the most exciting additions to the Penn College campus: the new Roger and Peggy Madigan Library. The 45-minute session will be held at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Library Instructional Room (LRC, Room151). Light refreshments will be served.

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Nationally renowned speaker and pre-eminent legal scholar Donald D. Gehring will present three professional-development sessions on Jan. 25 in the Mountain Laurel Room of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Thompson Professional Development Center.