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New Scholarship Honors Former Hartman Group President, Wife

Fri, 20 Jan. 2012 10:13:32 EST

A new scholarship fund at Penn College honoring a Linden-area man and his wife will support students in the college’s business administration bachelor-degree majors. The Henry and Donna Stutz Scholarship Fund was established by The Hartman Group, a company consisting of The Hartman Agency Inc., Hartman Employee Benefits Inc. and Hartman Financial Services, operating out of offices in Williamsport, State College and Duncannon. The scholarship honors the former president of The Hartman Group and his wife. “Hank Stutz is very committed to a technical, knowledge-based approach to property and casualty insurance and to the development of knowledge within the insurance industry,” said Michael P. Gaetano, president of The Hartman Agency Inc. “His devotion to education in the industry is now further extended to a college scholarship fund to recognize him and his wife, Donna, in support of students at Penn College.”

Student-Focused Videos Added to College's YouTube Channel

Mon, 16 Jan. 2012 14:44:58 EST

PCToday encourages you to watch, "like" and share the latest student-focused videos added to Penn College's YouTube Channel . The short videos explore information technology with Michael F. Altobelli and on-site power generation with Rory K. Kania. Both videos were edited by Gerianne C. Tomb, a web design and multimedia major who works as a student video production assistant in the office of College Information and Community Relations. Show your Penn College Pride by sharing these videos, as well as other channel content in your social media circles!

Future Business Leaders Convene Annual Regional Conference

Thu, 05 Jan. 2012 12:19:39 EST

About 650 students, advisers and guests from 15 area schools attended Thursday's Region 7 Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conference on Penn College's main campus. The day's agenda included welcoming addresses by college faculty and staff, campaign speeches by candidates for regional office, competition in a variety of categories to decide who advances to this spring's state event in Hershey, lunch at the Keystone Dining Room and an awards presentation.

Faculty Member Helps IT Students 'See the Light'

Tue, 06 Dec. 2011 14:55:18 EST

The Information Technology Living-Learning Community had the opportunity to learn about optical fiber terminations in a recent session hosted by Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics and computer engineering technology. Students donned safety glasses and, armed with strippers and cleavers, prepared a duplex multimode fiber optic cable for termination with an MT-RJ workstation jack, Weaver explained. A Visual Fault Locator, a tool that sends light down the fiber, was used to test the termination. The program provided students with an introduction to fiber optic transmission and the techniques used to install connectors on such lines. The Residence Life Office offers a number of living-learning communities on campus, bringing outside-the-classroom opportunities to students enrolled in the same academic majors.

School of Business and Computer Technologies Opens New Labs

Wed, 30 Nov. 2011 20:35:19 EST

Renovated instructional space at Penn College has enhanced students’ real-world access and literally increased the visibility of several majors in the School of Business and Computer Technologies. Located on the second-floor east wing of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center and showcased at a Wednesday open house, the classroom/laboratory space includes a mock courtroom for paralegal studies/legal assistant students (Room E201), a Financial Markets Investment Lab (E258), a Web and Interactive Media Lab (E264) and a fully functional corporate boardroom (E200).

Luke Haefner Memorial Scholarship Established at Penn College

Mon, 25 July 2011 15:21:12 EST

A Penn College student who died in June will be memorialized through a scholarship fund at the college. The Luke James Haefner Memorial Scholarship Fund will be open to residents of Lycoming County who are full-time students in the college's information technology sciences-gaming and simulation bachelor-degree major. Haefner was a sophomore in that major at the time of his death. If no eligible student is found from the information technology sciences-gaming and simulation major, the award can be made to a Lycoming County resident enrolled full time in any major offered through Penn College’s School of Business and Computer Technologies.

College Names Assistant Dean of Business, Computer Technologies

Tue, 12 July 2011 16:09:57 EST

Carolyn M. Jacobson has been named assistant dean of business and computer technologies at Penn College. "We are very pleased to have Dr. Jacobson join the School of Business and Computer Technologies at Penn College,” said Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost. “She brings a wealth of teaching, administrative and assessment experience, and we are certain she will be a valuable contributor and team member." Jacobson most recently was director of graduate and adult business programs, as well as a professor of information systems, at Mount St. Mary’s University.

Pellegrino Family Establishes Scholarship at Penn College

Tue, 17 May 2011 10:21:55 EST

A local business leader has established an endowed scholarship fund at Penn College in memory of his father and in honor of his mother. Frank Pellegrino, executive vice president of PRIMUS Technologies Corp., Williamsport, recently made a gift to the Penn College Foundation to establish the John Joseph and Eva Girio Pellegrino Scholarship Fund. Penn College will start making awards from the John Joseph and Eva Girio Pellegrino Scholarship in the 2011-12 academic year. It is anticipated the endowment will generate initial awards of $1,000 annually. The fund will target students from Lycoming County who are enrolled full time in any major in Penn College’s School of Hospitality or School of Business and Computer Technologies.

Board Chairman Emeritus, Wife Establish Scholarship Fund

Mon, 16 May 2011 12:43:56 EST

A key figure in the development of Penn College and his wife have established a scholarship fund at the college. Former State Rep. Alvin C. Bush and his wife, Elizabeth, have established the Alvin Bush Family Scholarship. The fund, which the Bushes will build to an endowment of at least $25,000, will generate scholarship awards for business administration students from Lycoming County.

Class Project Uses Alumni Donations to Establish Scholarship Fund

Thu, 05 May 2011 12:26:11 EST

A class project supported by alumni donations has resulted in a new scholarship fund at Penn College. In 2009, $1,500 from the pool of donations designated by alumni to support the School of Business and Computer Technologies was set aside as seed money for an annual project in the Principles of Management course. Those projects since have earned profits of $4,880, money that was used recently to establish the Small Business/Entrepreneurship Scholarship Fund. The fund also received $1,000 through the Penn College chapter of Students in Free Enterprise, which donated $500; the organization’s adviser, Dennis R. Williams, associate professor of business administration/management, made a matching gift.

'Paralegal Visit Day' Draws Potential Students to Campus

Thu, 28 April 2011 14:13:17 EST

Prospective enrollees in Penn College's legal assistant/paralegal majors visited Thursday for an informative overview of the program. Participants explored academics and real-world applications with faculty and other School of Business and Computer Technologies principals; toured main campus with admissions representative Brian D. Walton and Bradley M. Webb, the school's coordinator of matriculation and retention; saw firsthand the wide-ranging resources available to Penn College students seeking "degrees that work;" and enjoyed lunch.

Students, Faculty Participate in National Alpha Chi Convention

Thu, 14 April 2011 13:43:57 EST

Two Penn College students and a faculty sponsor represented the institution’s Pennsylvania Xi chapter of Alpha Chi, the national college honor society for students seeking baccalaureate degrees, at its recent national convention. Amy S. Dibble, of Montoursville, and Nathan A. Hyde, of Jersey Shore – seniors majoring in business administration: banking and finance concentration – both presented papers at the convention, which was held March 31-April 2 in San Diego. Also attending was Gerald D. “Chip” Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration, the chapter’s voting faculty delegate. He also served as a judge for the student presentations in economics and was part of a delegation that traveled to a local elementary school to share in the Reading Is Fundamental program.

Accreditation Organization Pays Tribute to Penn College Professor

Thu, 14 April 2011 13:25:37 EST

A professor of management and head of the business administration department at Penn College recently was honored for his long and significant service to the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. During the organization’s yearly conference, held March 29-April 1 in Las Vegas, Terry A. Girdon was presented with The John L. Green Award for Excellence in Business Education. The award annually honors an individual who has made significant contributions that advance the cause of academic quality in business education with specific attention to the IACBE.

Penn College Faculty/Staff Visit Local Middle School

Fri, 08 April 2011 16:25:35 EST

Representatives of Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for pupils during the Spring 2011 semester. In their most recent visit, Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M. Webb, coordinator of matriculation and retention, talked about the presence of probability and chance in our daily lives, as well as how to count with probability. Curtin's brown-bag lunch program allows for students to attend voluntary mini-courses held over their lunch period.

Penn College Conducts Honor Society Inductions

Mon, 21 March 2011 15:45:25 EST

The Penn College chapters for three honor societies held induction ceremonies on March 19, honoring 93 new members for their academic achievement.

Free Taxpayer Help Available by Appointment at North Campus

Tue, 22 Feb. 2011 10:49:16 EST

Two by-appointment-only opportunities for free tax assistance have been scheduled at Penn College’s North Campus near Wellsboro.

Penn College Student Coordinating Local Tax-Assistance Program

Mon, 14 Feb. 2011 16:23:24 EST

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance campaign, in which Penn College students partner with The Salvation Army and Internal Revenue Service, is helping hundreds of eligible area residents prepare and file their returns this season. Free assistance to low- and moderate-income taxpayers will be offered in Room 102 of the college's Madigan Library from 4 to 6 p.m., Monday to Thursday, through April 7. The service also is available at The Salvation Army’s 457 Market St. site in downtown Williamsport; at the Muncy Public Library, 108 S. Main St.; and at the Lock Haven Salvation Army, 114 N. Grove St. All of the locations are overseen by Kylie N. Waslosky, a Penn College accounting student from Houtzdale, who is serving an internship as the collaboration’s administrative coordinator.

Degree in Web and Interactive Media to Be Available in Fall 2011

Fri, 21 Jan. 2011 14:18:41 EST

Beginning this fall, a bachelor’s degree in web and interactive media – an innovative melding of information technology and the visual arts – will be available at Penn College. The new major, to be offered within the college’s School of Business and Computer Technologies, will integrate overlapping areas of the broad range of interactive media: animation, e-commerce, website development, audio and video production – all with an artistic designer’s eye toward a variety of interactive platforms, from tablet PCs to cell phones, from multimedia kiosks to “enhanced TV” programming.

Penn College to Offer Four-Year Degree in Gaming, Simulation

Fri, 21 Jan. 2011 13:29:00 EST

A new four-year major in the fast-growing field of gaming and simulation will be offered at Penn College – the first public institution in the commonwealth with such an undergraduate degree – beginning this fall. The degree, to be available through the college’s School of Business and Computer Technologies, will expose students to the strong skills necessary to pursue jobs in the gaming and simulation industry, as well as in related computer programming and application-development fields.

Penn College Faculty Enlighten Local Middle-School Students

Wed, 19 Jan. 2011 11:19:00 EST

Faculty from Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for students during the fall semester. Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M. Webb, coordinator of matriculation and retention for business and computer technologies, visited Oct. 29 and provided information on biometrics: methods used to recognize humans based on physical or behavioral traits (fingerprints, gait, etc.). On Nov. 8, Phillip D. Landers, professor of business administration/management, provided a lesson on "growing" money – including investing, credit cards, interest and developing financial goals. Curtin's brown-bag program allows students to attend voluntary mini-courses held over the lunch period. In addition to the School of Business and Computer Technologies, representatives from the college's School of Health Sciences and Industrial and Engineering Technologies have presented workshops.
Photos by Marcia McCann, Curtin Middle School