School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications News Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s web and interactive media major is revealed through the eyes of Zane R. Sensenig, Mountville, in the latest video added to the college’s YouTube Channel. Sensenig, a junior, reveals the Web-design process in the four-and-a-half minute video, and highlights attributes of the bachelor-degree major.

Flanked by supportive teammates, Jordyn A. Nehmsmann, a web and interactive media major from Spring Grove, makes a pitch. John J. Messer (left) and Michael Keefe Also presenting are Christopher J. Goodwin, of Jericho, Vt., and Kathleen A. Anderson, of Turbotville, both enrolled in web and interactive media.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Robert and Maureen Dunham Children’s Learning Center was approved for four years of federal grant funding to help provide child-care access to parents pursuing higher education at the college. Generally referred to as a “CCAMPIS” grant, which stands for “Child Care Access Means Parents in School,” the funding comes from the U.S.

Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Reppert is a member and secretary of the Students Making a Contribution organization, a student mentor and a part-time employee at the college's Madigan Library. Bethany M. Reppert “Bethany meets all the criteria for Student of the Month.

Students in Matthew E. Mooney's Interactive Media in the Digital Age course are in the final days of an innovative classwide challenge, spreading the word about charitable causes via the same social-media outlets that they use for recreational communication.

Amie J. Glace, an applied human services major from Montoursville, models a scarf and maraca that were available at the Ten Thousand Villages sale. Among the applied human services majors operating the sale are, from left, Tyler R. Mausteller, of South Williamsport; Annie M. Wolf, of Williamsport; Kacie L. Weaver, of Harrisburg; Amie J. Glace; and Nicole M. Sailor, of Williamsport. Kacie L.

A chemistry faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently served as an invited speaker in a seminar at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va. Kelly B. Butzler, associate professor of chemistry, was invited to present “Flip Your Class! A Paradigm Shift for Teaching in the 21st Century” at a seminar hosted Oct. 24 by the university’s department of physiology and pharmacology.

Craig A. Miller, assistant professor of history/political science at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was invited to present a paper at the 17th Century Warfare, Diplomacy & Society in the American Northeast Conference, held recently at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Mashantucket, Conn.

A priceless artifact and the story of one man’s survival against incredible odds have made a significant impact on students’ understanding of the Holocaust in a humanities course at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The yellow armband worn by the late Nandor Blau, a Jewish man forced into slave labor by the German army during World War II, has been loaned by the Blau family to William J.

Applied human services majors in D. Robert Cooley's Service Learning in Sociology class raised public awareness – and more than $1,200 – to help Family Promise of Lycoming County Inc. aid local residents experiencing the challenges of homelessness.