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Data Security − and Job Security − Featured in Classroom Presentations

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:59:59 +0000

A mini-conference tied to Penn College’s security-related information technology majors provided a forum for students to address relevant issues and for successful alumni to preview the rewarding challenges beyond the classroom. Two students, among those submitting papers in associate professor Sandra Gorka’s Advanced Topics class, were chosen to present to a broader audience: Adam C. [...]

Employees of Local Company Take Students on Voyage of ‘Discovery’

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:47:36 +0000

Representatives of an innovative Williamsport company visited the School of Business and Computer Technologies this week, recruiting interns and introducing gaming and simulation students to real-world applications of their major. Todd W. Griffith, co-founder and chief technology officer of Discovery Machine Inc., and sales consultant Colin Puskavitz demonstrated a Virtual Battlespace 2 military-training module that [...]

Penn College Students Win ‘Hacker’ Event at Security Conference

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:10:30 +0000

In a field that included industry professionals, 10 students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business and Computer Technologies won the Hacker Battleship competition during a recent network security conference in Rochester, N.Y. The students and three faculty members attended the Security B-Sides Rochester conference, held April 6 at Cathedral Hall in the Rochester [...]

Presentation Gives High Schoolers Helpful Insight Into Penn College Experience

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:14:58 +0000

Three representatives of Penn College’s School of Business and Computer Technologies visited Central Mountain High School in Clinton County on Monday, twice showcasing a student’s senior project for about 40 members of Ken Kryder’s electronics class. Daniel W. Yoas, an associate professor of information technology at the college, detailed career opportunities in IT; Brian D. [...]

Castillo Retires as Head Coach of Penn College Men’s Soccer

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:42:41 +0000

After seven years at the helm of the Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s soccer team, head coach Enrique Castillo has announced his retirement from the program. “Enrique has done a lot for Penn College soccer,” Director of Athletics Scott Kennell said. “He has achieved so much with the program with conference championships and national tournament [...]

Cisco Networking Academy at Penn College to Sponsor Teleconference

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:36 +0000

The Cisco Networking Academy at Penn College will sponsor a teleconference with five alumni now employed with Cisco Systems Inc. from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room E140 of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center. The alumni – Joshua K. Stoner and Sean M. Timm, both from the Class of 2012, and 2010 graduates [...]

Member of Penn College’s IT Faculty Earns Doctorate

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:40:25 +0000

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business and Computer Technologies recently received a doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University. Daniel W. Yoas, an associate professor of information technology, earned a Ph.D. in computer information systems with a concentration in information security from the university’s School of Computer and Information Sciences. The [...]

Cisco Accreditation Includes Courses Taught at Penn College

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:03:09 +0000

Two of the certifications taught in Penn College’s 10-year-old Cisco Networking Academy are among those recently accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the industry standard for information technology networking. The academy, based in Room 143 of the Center for Business and Workforce Development, offers classes that help prepare students for the Cisco Certified Network [...]

New Videos Feature Alumni Working in Natural Gas Industry

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:29:13 +0000

The diverse opportunities for college graduates to excel in the natural gas industry are highlighted in the latest videos added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube Channel. The short videos feature an electronics alumnus and an information technology alumnus whose bachelor’s degrees are working for them at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of the world’s largest [...]

Resident IT Students Unwind With Faculty on Bowling Night

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:27:11 +0000

Fourteen students from the Information Technology Living-Learning Community in Dauphin Hall joined four faculty members from the School of Business and Computer Technologies – Denise S. Leete and Daniel W. Yoas, associate professors of computer information technology, and Lisa R. Bock and Anita R. Girton, assistant professors of computer information technology – for a recent evening [...]