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Business Administration

School of Business & Computer Technologies
Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, Rm. E257 · (570) 327-4517
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The ability to lead and motivate people, manage a diverse workforce in a global context, and balance the interests of multiple stakeholders in a complex legal, economic, and ethical environment is essential for today's business organizations. We provide students with the knowledge and skills they will need in today's workplace.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Department of Business Administration has grown considerably over the last few years. We are also fully accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

Baccalaureate degree-seeking students may elect to concentrate in Banking and Finance, Human Resource Management, Business Management, Management Information Systems (MIS), Marketing, or Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship.

Graduates of a professional or technical associate's degree can enroll in the "two plus two" Technology Management bachelor's degree.

An associate degree in Business Management is available as well as a competency credential in Financial Planning designed to provide a broad background in financial planning for those students who desire to become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner.

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Business Administration News

Hundreds of Filers Benefit From Students’ Free Tax Assistance

June 2008

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, in which Penn College students and the Salvation Army partnered to aid hundreds of lower-income individuals and families in preparing their returns, helped local residents receive nearly $240,000 in total refunds during the just-concluded 2007 tax year.

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Penn College Business Students Tour New York Stock Exchange

April 2008

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Fifteen Penn College students recently received the requisite security clearance to tour the New York Stock Exchange, an almost-unheard-of consideration amid ongoing and intensive national vigilance. “The students conducted themselves to the highest professional standard and demonstrated their knowledge of markets and business in general. I was very impressed," said Roy A. Fletcher, assistant professor of business administration/banking and finance.

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Penn College Management Professor Re-Elected as Board Chairman

April 2008

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Terry A. Girdon
Terry A. Girdon, head of the business administration department at Penn College, has been elected to a third term as chair of the Board of Commissioners of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. The re-election of Girdon, a professor of business administration/management in the college’s School of Business and Computer Technologies, occurred during the IACBE’s annual conference in Newport Beach, Calif., April 1-4. The Board of Commissioners is the body responsible for setting accreditation expectations and reviewing the self-study and site-visit reports for purposes of granting accreditation.

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Business Faculty Member Finalist for International Teaching Honor

April 2008

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Irwin H. Siegel
A faculty member in Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies has been selected as a regional recipient of the 2008 Teaching Excellence Award from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. The honor puts Irwin H. Siegel – professor of business administration/business law and recipient of Penn College's 2005 Master Teacher Award – in the running for an international award at the association’s June 20-23 conference in New Orleans.

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Penn College Students Survey Manufacturers’ Use of Technology

March 2008

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A group of Penn College students recently surveyed area manufacturers about their use of technology, coming away with a heightened appreciation of the region’s industrial assets – and the challenges that face those doing business in Central Pennsylvania. Three of them – Melissa A. Miller, a technology management major from Montoursville; Joseph R. Raup, of Trout Run, enrolled in business administration: small business and entrepreneurship; and Mahdi E. Shaji, of Turnersville, N.J. , also majoring in technology management – presented their findings Wednesday during a “Regional Technology Snapshot” event at Lycoming College.

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