Thirteen inducted into computing and information honor society

Twelve Pennsylvania College of Technology students and a faculty member were welcomed into the Williamsport Chapter of Upsilon Pi Epsilon, an international honor society for the computing and information disciplines, during an April 20 ceremony on campus.

The new members, the fourth class to be inducted at Penn College, are:

• Melissa A. Webb, instructor, technology and information literacy/course coordinator
• Zachary M. Etters, Howard, network administration & engineering technology
• Zack P. Fleming, Williamsport, software development & information management
• Damien J. Giambrone, Sheffield, information assurance & cyber security
• Hunter B. Hockman, Accident, Md., game & simulation programming
• Ethan T. Lehutsky, Honesdale, game & simulation programming
• Steven B. Motz, Reading, game & simulation programming
• Ian P. Nevius, Sunbury, software development & information management
• Brandon S. Ratjavong, Gordonville, information assurance & cyber security
• David A. Rockwell, Harrisburg, network administration & engineering technology
• Dylan M. Sanders, Duncanville, game & simulation programming
• Timothy J. Shearon Jr., York, information assurance & cyber security
• Mitch M. Willis, Bloomsburg, information assurance & cyber security

Acceptance is based on outstanding achievement and high scholarship rating; membership will also be reflected through UPE graduation stoles and honor cords worn by students at commencement.

The Williamsport Chapter of UPE is advised by Stephen R. Cheskiewicz and Daniel W. Yoas, associate professors of computer information technology. Presiding over the induction were John M. Maize, Riverside, chapter president; Clinton J. Leberknight, Pleasant Hall, active member; and Parker J. Conn, Boalsburg, historian. All are enrolled in the college's information assurance & cyber security major.

The honor society – which is recognized by the Association of College Honor Societies, the IEEE Computer Society, the Association for Computing Machinery and the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies – chartered its first chapter at Texas A&M University on Jan. 10, 1967. Penn College gained its charter in 2020 and is one of 19 chapters of Upsilon Pi Epsilon in the commonwealth.