Campus visits deliver children's in-person gratitude

Published 10.11.2022

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    Christie A. Bing Kracker, director of the LEAP Center, savors a warm Bunny hug during the children's visit to the Davie Jane Gilmour Center. Standing (from left) are Melissa M. Stocum, LEAP adviser- mentoring; Allison M. Savage, LEAP adviser-communications; and (partially visible) Stacie L. Smith, CLC group leader.While out and about, on a mission to colorfully add their artistic touch to campus sidewalks, several Bunnies (the center's 2- and 3-year-olds) engage Penn College students in a friendly "chalk talk."President Michael J. Reed gets on the level with a class of Bears – bear-ing gifts, no less – who visited the executive offices. The Bears, comprising 3- and 4-year-olds, bring their contagious smiles to the Office of People & Culture. Appreciative grown-ups (clockwise from left) are Hillary E. Hofstrom, vice president; Madison A. Plesce, generalist; Jennifer L. Whitmoyer, office assistant; Margaret D. McCracken, manager of talent acquisition; Mattie L. Pulizzi, manager of employee engagement; Heather M. Shuey, senior director of employee success; Roxy J. Klinger, coordinator of operations; and Nate Woods, special assistant to the president for inclusion transformation.Pennsylvania College of Technology's award-winning Dunham Children's Learning Center joined in a week of "Celebrating Campus Children's Centers," observed Oct. 3-7 in nationwide tribute to the extraordinary services provided by college child care facilities.

    CLC employees and youngsters traversed main campus to say, "Thank you" to as many departments as possible for supporting the child care center (on the first floor of the Hager Lifelong Education Center) throughout the year.

    "Some classrooms wrote in chalk on the mall sidewalk, while students stopped to say, 'Hello,' and others painted piggy banks and added a penny for future luck," said Linda A. Reichert, CLC director, who also provided the photos above. The groups delivered to Financial Operations, the Office of People & Culture, Veterans & Military Services, the LEAP Center, and the President’s Office.

    "It was a fun-filled week, allowing us time to get out and communicate – not only to our current families, but to the entire Penn College population," Reichert said.

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