School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications News Articles

Piecing together approximately 14,000 fragments of ceramic tile, marble, mirror and stones, eight students and an instructor took one month to create a beautiful legacy in the center of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s main campus. The Centennial Mosaic, designed by David A.

A behemoth on the tarmac, the plane seems even more enormous when partially pulled into the spacious Lumley Aviation Center hangar. Collision repair instructor Roy H. Klinger (left) and aviation instructor Michael R. Robison begin the laborious process of painting over the plane's prior corporate identity.

Awards for teaching were presented to three full-time faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology during commencement ceremonies held May 16-17 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. As part of the Distinguished Teaching Awards program, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour presented the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award to Dorothy M.

Early Educators Club provides "Bibs for Babies." Penn College students' handmade help accepted at local high school. Through a "Bibs for Babies" project, three members of Penn College's Early Educators Club delivered handmade bibs and burp cloths to a parenting class at Williamsport Area High School.

Graphic design seniors, from left: Ryan D. Mull, Kimberly S. Filko, Anthony P. Levan Jr., Erin M. Schlesinger, Stephen W. Houseknecht Jr., Madison M. Miller, Morgan A. Hummel, Emily C. Bigger, Brenna C. Richner and Justin G. Kasubick. Schlesinger gets a hug from a very proud grandmother. During the introductory gallery talk, Thomas C.

Ten graphic design students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will exhibit their work as part of “Design: 2014,” an annual exhibition showcasing seniors’ creative portfolio work in The Gallery at Penn College. Posters, books, magazine spreads and logos are some of the featured items in this culminating project of the students’ college curriculum.

The ceramic artwork of Pennsylvania College of Technology student Jamie L. Mahoney is on display in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library. Mahoney’s exhibit opened April 11 and will continue through May 9. Graphic design student Jamie L. Mahoney’s works are on display in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College through May 9.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology chemistry faculty member and two students were invited speakers recently at the Penn State Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. Kelly B. Butzler, associate professor of chemistry; Meghan C. Cunningham, a sophomore in individual studies from Williamsport; and Brian M.

Mark D. Noe discusses the varied experiences that inform Aldo Leopold's work. Using index cards and pencils distributed in the lobby, attendees are asked to define "environment," "perspective" and "ethics," and to explore the connections among the ideas behind those words. Leopold meets "The Lorax" among D. Robert Cooley's career catalysts.

Billie A. Coffman, associate professor of early childhood education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently asked by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Postsecondary and Adult Education, to serve on a peer review team to evaluate another college’s proposed child care professional associate-degree program.