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Spring’s Class of ’13 Honored in Three Commencement Ceremonies

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:26:04 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology held three commencement ceremonies May 17-18 for more than 875 students who petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2013 semester. The Friday afternoon proceedings honored students from the schools of Business and Computer Technologies, Hospitality, and Transportation Technology. The schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, Integrated Studies and Natural Resources Management [...]

Alumni Awards Presented at Penn College Commencement

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:04:33 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented Alumni Achievement and Mentorship awards during commencement ceremonies held May 17-18 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. The college presented an Alumni Achievement Award to Jennifer R. Brinkley, a 2005 graduate of the welding and fabrication engineering technology bachelor-degree major who also earned an associate degree in welding technology in [...]

Community Orchestra Open to Penn College

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:47:25 +0000

Penn College faculty/staff, students and alumni are invited to join the Lycoming College Community Orchestra, a new opportunity for adult musicians to make music together in the Williamsport area. The orchestra’s first official recruitment event will be an open string reading session at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, in Lycoming College’s Clarke Chapel. To register, [...]

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. [...]

Alumnus/Former Administrator to Lead South Florida State College

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:35:18 +0000

The new president of South Florida State College began his ascent into college leadership at Williamsport Area Community College, a forerunner of Penn College. Thomas C. Leitzel, who graduated from WACC in 1976 with a degree in business administration, later joined the administration and served as assistant director (1983-85) and evening and weekend coordinator (1981-83) [...]

Saturday Services Scheduled for Alumnus, Retired Faculty Member

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:49:32 +0000

Services will be held Saturday for Fred C. Schaefer Jr., a former full-time faculty member and an alumnus of Penn College’s predecessor, who died Wednesday, April 24. A 1977 graduate of Williamsport Area Community College, he retired in January 1995 as an assistant professor of graphic communication in the School of Integrated Studies after more [...]

Donor Reception Honors ‘Significant Impact’ of College’s Benefactors

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:30:51 +0000

Financial and in-kind contributions to Penn College were celebrated at Wednesday’s ninth annual Donor Wall Recognition Reception, held in the Student and Administrative Services Center. The event applauded members of the Ambassador, Heritage, Visionary, Golden and Millionaire’s societies, extending a special welcome to newly added donors and those moving to a higher giving level. “The [...]

Penn College Commencement Ceremonies Set for May 17-18

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:27:18 +0000

Three commencement ceremonies will be held May 17-18 for the nearly 900 Pennsylvania College of Technology students who have petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2013 semester. All ceremonies will be conducted in the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. At 3 p.m. Friday, May 17, a ceremony will be offered for students from the schools of [...]

1969 – A Tradition of Giving

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:59:52 +0000

The latest Red Cross Bloodmobile at Penn College collected 229 units over two days, a gratifying amount that still did not top the 320 pints donated by Williamsport Area Community College students and employees on March 5, 1969. As reported in the Spotlight campus newspaper, an open challenge to students was initiated by the Service [...]

Faculty Member, Alumnus to Exhibit Scam-Artistry on CTL Stage

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:01:45 +0000

Familiar faces will be part of the farcical fun when the Community Theatre League opens its production of “Cash on Delivery” this weekend. Brian M. McKeon, assistant professor of biology at Penn College, returns to the CTL stage as Norman McDonald, a boarding-house tenant reluctantly (though energetically and entertainingly) enlisted to perpetuate his landlord’s fraudulent [...]