Student-Focused Videos Added to College's YouTube Channel
Jan. 16, 2012 - 2:44 p.m.
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!
Faculty Member Helps IT Students 'See the Light'
Dec. 6, 2011 - 2:55 p.m.
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
Nov. 30, 2011 - 8:35 p.m.
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).
Students' Instruction Broadened Through Living-Learning Community
Oct. 27, 2011 - 11:07 a.m.
The Information Technology Living-Learning Community in Dauphin Hall hosted a Wednesday program on virtualization, presented by Sandra Gorka, associate professor of computer science. Students installed the Linux operating system onto a virtual drive of their personal computers using Oracle’s VirtualBox software. The program was geared toward preparing students for a UNIX/Linux course they are required to take in the School of Business and Computer Technologies. 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.
Photos by Matthew C. Helf, coordinator of residence life
IT Alumnus to Share Real-World Experience in Oct. 4 Visit
Sept. 26, 2011 - 2:52 p.m.
Alumnus Daniel J. Clarke, a systems engineer for Cisco Systems, will offer a working-world perspective when he returns to Penn College to meet with students from 3:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in Room E140 of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center. For more about the visit, which is sponsored by the Penn College Cisco Networking Academy, email Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics, or Lisa R. Bock, assistant professor of computer information technology. Clarke graduated in 2007 with four IT degrees covering technical support and network technology emphases, and network specialist and security specialist concentrations.
Luke Haefner Memorial Scholarship Established at Penn College
July 25, 2011 - 3:21 p.m.
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.
Alumni Success Story Retold in Cisco Publication
Feb. 10, 2011 - 1:32 p.m.
Daniel J. Clarke, who graduated from Penn College with four information technology degrees in May and December 2007, is featured in an Impact in Pennsylvania newsletter from the Cisco Networking Academy. Clarke, a systems engineer, works with the Cisco Public Sector team in meeting the technology needs of education and government. "I love to give back, working with administrative and networking folks at schools to deliver the technology their students use today," he says. "The same thing applies to working with state and local governments to enable services for them and their constituents – in some cases, services they never expected to be able to afford – because we are able to design cost-effective services." The article, shared by Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics, and republished here with the permission of Cisco, is on Pages 6-7 of the following:
Degree in Web and Interactive Media to Be Available in Fall 2011
Jan. 21, 2011 - 2:18 p.m.
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
Jan. 21, 2011 - 1:29 p.m.
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
Jan. 19, 2011 - 11:19 a.m.
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
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