In conjunction with her collegewide remarks to begin a new academic year Thursday, Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour shared with faculty/staff a number of announcements related to college operations, activities and initiatives.
Penn College helped open the Little League World Series for the fifth straight year Wednesday, serving a picnic dinner to the 16 teams in competition before accompanying them to the Grand Slam Parade that formed near the main campus' northwestern boundary.
Eric C. Easton demonstrates the use of a compass. Erich R. Doebler discusses wood products in the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies' sawmill. Students from Oley Valley, Athens Area and Wellsboro Area high schools – along with four FFA advisers – spent Tuesday at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center to get ready for competitions this fall in Massachusetts and Kentucky.
A Residence Life welcome! Among the friendly faces waiting to shine on Welcome Weekend are Penn College’s Resident Assistants, back on campus and eagerly anticipating the rest of the student body for the start of classes next week.
A pen used by then-Gov. William W. Scranton to sign the Community College Act is archived in Penn College's Madigan Library. Wednesday's memorial service for former Pennsylvania Gov. William W. Scranton, who died July 28 at age 96, recalls his key involvement in the birth of Williamsport Area Community College nearly 50 years ago.
Among the latest additions to the Pennsylvania College of Technology community are full-time faculty members for the Fall 2013 semester, as provided by the Human Resources Office (all effective Aug. 15).
Pennsylvania College of Technology has established an Office of Facilities and Events to coordinate scheduling of nonacademic meeting spaces and conferences on campus and has named Lenore G. Penfield as its director. Penfield, whose title is director of facilities utilization and college events, had served the college most recently as director of special events and The Gallery at Penn College.
Just in time for Welcome Weekend and the start of a new semester, a 26-ton billboard near the Bush Campus Center is sporting a fresh face for incoming and returning students.
A program/coloring book with original artwork by presenters at this year’s Wildcat Comic Con will be among giveaways to the first 500 people to pre-register for the Sept. 28 event at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
For those looking to sharpen their computer skills while learning something new, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering several easy-to-learn computer courses. Microsoft Office courses are taught by qualified instructors at a comfortable pace for all levels of adult learners.
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