Noe Named Nonfiction Editor for Sport Literature Journal
Nov. 29, 2011 - 12:05 p.m.
An English-composition professor at Penn College was recently named the nonfiction editor for Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature. Mark D. Noe, a longtime Aethlon editorial board member, will begin his duties as editor with the journal’s 28th volume. Aethlon is designed to celebrate the intersection of literature with the world of play, games and sport.
Faculty Member Named to ‘Who’s Who of American Women’
Oct. 18, 2010 - 5:05 p.m.
Joan E. Schell, assistant professor of English composition at Penn College, was selected for inclusion in the 2010-11 Edition of “Who’s Who of American Women.” The 2010-11 Edition, which was released by Marquis Who’s Who in September, contains the biographies of approximately 40,000 notable American women, featuring personal and career histories, education, achievements and memberships.
Penn College Faculty Member Offers Honors Lecture
June 4, 2010 - 11:20 a.m.
A communication and literature faculty member at Penn College was recently invited to deliver a presentation as part of the Honors Lecture Series presented by Harrisburg Area Community College. Debra S. Morris, assistant professor of English-technical communication, presented a lecture titled “The Censoring of Mothering: Images of Women in ‘Fahrenheit 451.’”
Penn College Courses to Be Offered at SUN Area Technical Institute
April 28, 2010 - 4:02 p.m.
Penn College recently approved an agreement with SUN Area Technical Institute in New Berlin to provide selected developmental and first-year college courses at the SUN ATI campus. The courses are available to high school students enrolled at SUN ATI or its sending districts, adult education students, and currently enrolled or prospective Penn College students. Instruction will be delivered by Penn College faculty during the early-evening hours following regular summer, fall and spring semester schedules at the college.
Professor Publishes Essay, Named President of Literature Group
Aug. 26, 2009 - 11:32 a.m.
A Penn College professor recently published an essay and assumed the presidency of an international literature organization. Mark D. Noe, professor of English-composition, published an essay in the Summer 2009 issue of ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews. His essay is titled “White Mulberry Economics in Willa Cather’s Nebraska.”
'My Last Words' Presentation Honors Late Faculty Member
Oct. 15, 2008 - 3:20 p.m.
Inspirational tribute and tearful remembrance filled Klump Academic Center on Tuesday, as the semester's first program in the "
My Last Words
" lecture series – renamed in honor of the late David A. London – drew hundreds of people to the building's auditorium. London, an associate professor of speech communication/composition, died May 3. Taking the stage, as London himself had several times as chair of College Council, was Sandra Lakey, associate professor of speech communication/composition and one of London’s closest friends and colleagues. In addition to Lakey's lecture, attendees saw a montage of photos of London, accompanied by Simon and Garfunkel's "Old Friends." Also taking part in the evening's event were Shadra D. Smith, assistant director of student activities for student services and involvement; Clifford P. Coppersmith, dean of integrated studies; John D. Maize, instructor of speech communication/composition; and Kimberly R. Cassel, director of student activities.
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Photos by Cindy D. Meixel, photo editor, and Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer)
‘My Last Words’ Series to Continue in Tribute to Late Professor
Oct. 8, 2008 - 4:19 p.m.
If given one last chance to speak to students, what would you say? For the fourth year, the Student Activities Office at Penn College will help answer those questions in its successful series, “My Last Words,” which has been renamed in honor of the late David A. London. “The David London My Last Words” presentation is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium. The presenter will be Sandra Lakey, associate professor of speech communication/composition and one of London’s closest friends and colleagues.
Faculty Member Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer
Sept. 9, 2008 - 11:34 a.m.
The quirky charm of "The Big Lebowski," the cultish Coen Brothers film enjoying its 10th anniversary, has attracted published comment from an associate professor of English/mass communication at Penn College. Joseph Loehr, who teaches the college's Introduction to Cinema art elective with Tom Zimmerman, associate professor of psychology, is quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer
article
by David Hiltbrand in Tuesday's editions.
Lecture Series, Scholarship to Memorialize Faculty Member, Former Council Chair
May 5, 2008 - 12:31 p.m.
David A. London, 57, an associate professor of speech communication/composition in the Communication and Literature Department within the School of Integrated Studies at Penn College, died Saturday, May 3. London, who was also a former chair of College Council, began his employment with the college in January 1990. President Davie Jane Gilmour said the college’s “My Last Words” lecture series will be renamed the “David London My Last Words Lecture Series” in his honor. In addition, the school and the department will establish a student scholarship in London’s name through the Penn College Foundation.
English Faculty Member’s Paper Published in Online Journal
May 2, 2008 - 2:59 p.m.
Laura M. Dickinson, associate professor of English-composition at Penn College, recently had a paper published in an online journal. The paper, titled “The Monster in the Jungle: Lost and the 21st Century American Gothic,” was published in Lost Online Studies, Volume 2.1.
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