Penn College held its Summer Commencement ceremony Saturday at the Community Arts Center. Jasmine Elmore, of Jersey Shore, who received an associate of applied science degree in emergency medical services from the School of Health Sciences, was the student speaker. During the ceremony, the college also presented an Excellence in Teaching Award to Carol J.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its August 2008 graduates. The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are: President's Award, presented for leadership and service to the college: Angela Marie Valentine, New Ringgold, applied health studies: radiography concentration.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Mentorship Awards to two Baltimore-based companies and their representatives: Karl Quinn/Alban Tractor Co. Inc. and David A. Potts/ The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. The Mentorship Award recognizes alumni and/or businesses that have made significant or ongoing contributions to the education and development of Penn College students.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has honored Carol J. Kafer, associate professor of biology, with an Excellence in Teaching Award. Excellence in Teaching Awards are presented to full-time faculty members who have been nominated by their students and colleagues for excellence in instructional performance.
From Thursday to Saturday, Penn College hosted the 2008 C5 Conference, a group of approximately 40 teenagers and their chaperones from Boston. Students participated in a variety of activities on and off campus, including tours of the Schneebeli Earth Science Center and other college facilities, the Little League Baseball Complex, and the Community Arts Center.
On Friday, the Schneebeli Earth Science Center welcomed students from the 2008 C5 Conference. The students were divided into three groups that rotated among landscape design and diesel-engine and backhoe operation. Horticulture instructor Carl Bower Jr. explained the differences between hand-drawn plans and those created by software programs. Ryan W.
The open-access Wildcat Wireless network has been replaced with a secure wireless network called "wildcats," Information Technology Services reminds students, faculty and staff who are returning to campus for the fall semester.
Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a new program that makes it easy for businesses to provide high-quality training for their employees no matter how many they have or where they're located. WDCE has partnered with ed2go.com to offer hundreds of noncredit, online, instructor-facilitated employee-training courses.
A member of Pennsylvania College of Technology's horticulture faculty participated in the PA Green Expo Nursery and Landscape Wholesale Trade Show, recently held in Harrisburg. Carl J. Bower Jr., an instructor in the School of Natural Resources Management, represented the college at the fourth annual showcase, held in the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex.
Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week students were offered secure wireless Internet access and a tour of the Madigan Library on Friday, the final day of their stay on campus. Students especially took advantage of the library's 30 laptops (all were checked out), spreading throughout the James Everett Logue Popular Reading Atrium.
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