Alumni Articles

A new addition to Penn College's YouTube Channel focuses on Chef Charles R. Niedermyer II, an instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts, a finalist to represent the United States at the 2016 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie (the "World Cup of Bread Baking").

Four seniors enrolled in graphic design at Pennsylvania College of Technology and three graphic design alumni recently earned recognition in the American Graphic Design & Advertising awards, a national competition recognizing excellence in design by professionals and students. The "Lucky Break Lanes" logo earned Brenna C.

A new sculpture visually honoring the art of collaboration and the service of Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour graces a wall in the Student & Administrative Services Center. Created by Gilmour’s husband, Frederick T.

Mark R. Capellazzi (front row, center) joins his castmates for an informal curtain call. Admissions representative Mark R. Capellazzi was among the audience volunteers invited to take part in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," which ended its two-week run at the Community Theatre League on Sunday. Recruited at Saturday night's performance in the 100 W. Third St.

A head cook in one of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s most popular dining venues was selected as one of 10 participants in the National Association of College & University Food Services Mid-Atlantic Region Culinary Challenge. Cody J.

Faculty members, alumni and students alike attend ShmooCon2015. A sizable Penn College contingent attended ShmooCon, the East Coast "hacker" convention, held Jan. 16-18 at the Washington (D.C.) Hilton. Three faculty members in the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies – along with 11 graduates, 18 current students and a former student – were among those attending.

Penn College's "Alumni Sweethearts" of 2014 – Joshua A. and Aurora D. (DiRocco) Bonner – on their June 7, 2008, wedding day. The 2015 Penn College Alumni Sweetheart Contest is underway! More than three-dozen graduate couples submitted wedding photos, and the voting has begun.

Capping a year of celebration to commemorate the Centennial anniversary of Pennsylvania College of Technology, the institution’s most significant fundraising effort more than doubled its original goal, raising $6.4 million in private scholarship support.

"Working Class: 100 Years of Hands-On Education," which chronicles the rich and challenging history of Penn College and its predecessors, can be viewed on the college's YouTube channel. The one-hour documentary – which premiered Jan.

Elizabeth A. Biddle has been appointed director of corporate relations at Pennsylvania College of Technology, effective Jan. 19. Biddle has been project manager for the Outreach for K-12 Office at Penn College since 2009. In her new role, she will develop and sustain mutually beneficial relationships with business and industry to benefit students at Penn College.