A former member of the Wildcat cross-country team, recently diagnosed with a weak heart and awaiting a transplant, was presented with a $1,000 check during halftime of Tuesday's Penn College-Lycoming College basketball game. John R.
Exemplary Resident Assistants and events for November/December have been announced by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office. RA of the MonthJosh Wilson, an accounting major from Landisville who serves The Village at Penn College, was selected as Resident Assistant of the Month.
Nearly 150 pints of blood were collected at the Jan. 20 Red Cross Bloodmobile in Penn's Inn short of expectations, but, as every pint goes toward saving another life, a worthy effort nonetheless. Student and faculty/staff donors contributed 147 pints (135 whole-blood donations and 12 pints through the double-red-cell process) in the daylong visit. The next campus Bloodmobile will be April 28.
A perennial rivalry returned to Bardo Gymnasium on Tuesday night, as an all-star basketball team of Penn College staff/faculty sought its first win against a student squad since an overtime nail-biter two years ago. But it was not to be, according to this game summary from intramural assistant Jeremy R. Bottorf: The students quickly built up a 17-1 lead and never looked back.
Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently passed the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification examination, a three-hour test that boosts their employability by adding a valuable credential to their job-hunting toolkit. "This definitely gives the students an advantage," said Carl J. Bower Jr., a member of the school's horticulture faculty.
In a special conference-call meeting on Monday, the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors approved the hiring of Paul L. Starkey as vice president for academic affairs/provost and authorized the purchase of a property on Vine Avenue in Williamsport.
Paul L. Starkey has been appointed vice president for academic affairs/provost (the chief academic officer) at Pennsylvania College of Technology. He will begin his duties on July 1. Starkey's hiring was approved Monday by the college's board of directors.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the computer aided product design major wrapped up their fall semester with a high-flying hands-on project. The students, all enrolled in the Design and Production Drawings course, spent the last four classes in the fall semester designing and building catapults, trebuchets and similar medieval-style throwing devices.
In the spirit of humanity, hand to hand helping Haiti, the Penn College Energy Conservation Subcommittee and Earth911 ask the campus community to consider these simple and effective ways to aid the recovery through recycling: 1. Donate your old laptop. In Haiti, there isn't a reliable power source and there are transportation issues.
PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Sarah Moore, Disability Services Sign Language Interpreter/Student Support Assistant, starting Jan. 25
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