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Following a 40-day layoff for the semester break, the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling team resumes its season Saturday. The college’s basketball teams, meanwhile, stepped back into action last week after nearly three weeks off. Wrestling “I think, overall, everyone is progressing nicely,” coach Schuyler Frey said of the season thus far. “I think, at the last competition we had (Dec.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has named Debra M. Miller as vice president for institutional advancement. Miller, who had served as director of corporate relations at Penn College since 2004, succeeds Barry R. Stiger, who retired in December. She has 40 years’ experience working with senior administration and governing boards, including 28 years in higher education.

John and Lenore Penfield have established a scholarship that will benefit Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in dental hygiene and landscape/horticulture majors. John Penfield is a 1975 graduate of Penn College predecessor Williamsport Area Community College, having earned a degree in nursery management.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Robert and Maureen Dunham Children’s Learning Center earned reaccreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools through its Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. The center provides child care and early education for the children of Penn College students and employees.

An award-winning poet, author and educator will be the featured speaker as Pennsylvania College of Technology observes Dream Week 2015 (Jan. 17-22), a celebration of the life and values of Martin Luther King Jr. The free lecture by Jason Carney, of Dallas, Texas, a four-time National Poetry Slam finalist and co-founder of the Young DFW Writers, will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan.

Friends and family of John J. Messer, a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member who fought a courageous battle against brain cancer, have established a scholarship fund in his memory. Messer, who taught in Penn College’s web and interactive media major, died Jan. 5 – barely two weeks before his 50th birthday.

Brett A. Reasner has been appointed dean of transportation and natural resources technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Reasner, who began his employment with Penn College in 1993, succeeds Colin W. Williamson, who retired in December. From 1993 to 2007, Reasner was an associate professor and department head in aviation technology.

President Davie Jane Gilmour welcomes employees, retirees, students and community members to the grand finale of the college's Centennial celebration. Afterward, admittedly near-speechless in admiration, she said the documentary reflects a passion for the institution and a responsibility to build upon its legacy.

John J. Messer (center), assistant professor of Web and interactive media, with students The Jan. 5 death of John J. Messer, an assistant professor of web and interactive media and a Penn College faculty member since January 2002, has been announced by the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications.

The Spring 2015 schedule of bus trips has been announced by the Student Activities Office. Snow Tubing Ski Sawmill Family Resort Saturday, Jan. 31 Students, $15 (includes bus ride and two hours of tubing) Tanger Outlets and Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, N.J. Saturday, Feb. 14 Students, $25 (on sale Jan. 27) Faculty/Staff, $40 (on sale Feb. 3) Cherry Blossom Festival Washington, D.C.