Ward W. Caldwell has been named director of residence life at Pennsylvania College of Technology. A native of Bay Village, Ohio, Caldwell comes to Penn College from Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, where he has served as associate dean of student life/director of residence life and judicial programs since 1997.
The names were drawn Friday morning, and the winners in the 2005-06 Annual Fund Employee Campaign prize drawing have been announced: Grand Prize − Stained-glass hanging created and donated by Penn College faculty member Keith WhiteselDon Cohick First Prize −"Floral Morning" signed, numbered and framed print by artist David Sebold, donated by the Penn College FoundationRichard Sahn Second and thir
Meet the newest members of the Penn College community, welcomed Thursday morning during the official kickoff of the Fall 2005 semester.
(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during an Aug. 18 all-college meeting to open the Fall 2005 semester.) The theme for Fall Orientation is "Right Where You Belong." I think it is a fitting theme for our start of a new academic year.
Among the newest faces of the Penn College community are these faculty/staff members assembled during orientation outside the Professional Development Center on Wednesday morning.
Mail and Document Services has installed employee ID card-scanning devices on several copiers across campus. Employees can swipe their ID cards at these copiers rather than using department PINs. Unlike department PINs, which are only recognized by one or two copiers, employee ID cards are recognized at any copier equipped with the new scanning device.
The Institutional Advancement Office is implementing a change in the way drawings are conducted to promote the Annual Fund Employee Campaign, in hopes of encouraging more employees to consider participating in the Annual Fund .
Information Technology Services has postponed the implementation of space limits onfaculty/staff e-mail accounts for one month to give employees additional time to purge items from their GroupWise mailboxes. Initially, everyone's account was set up with a very large limit of 4000 MB to accommodate existing mailbox sizes. On Sept. 1, however, that will be reduced to 500 MB.
The Pennsylvania State University has finalized and approved a new master's program in educational technology, the subject of an interest survey recently hosted by Pennsylvania College of Technology. Details are forthcoming about the 33-credit program, which Penn State Continuing Education hopes to offer in a blend of on-site and online courses.
A memorial service was Saturday morning for Lamont E. Butters, head of the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies' civil engineering department, who died early Tuesday, July 19. A faculty member for nearly 30 years, he was the 1985 recipient of Penn College's "Master Teacher" award.
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