Alumni Articles

The fast-track career ascendancy of enrollees in Penn College's Ford ASSET major, a two-year degree that includes a built-in paid internship with a participating dealer, is on display in the newest addition to the college's YouTube channel. "If you want the quickest ladder to success, this is it," says Colin W. Williamson, the college's dean of transportation technology.

Frosty winds howled at the doors of the Community Arts Center on Dec. 22, but new Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates and their families were safe inside – bathed in the warmth of accomplishment.  The annual December commencement ceremony honored the approximate 300 students who petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2012 semester. The student speaker was Fadhil A.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented an Alumni Humanitarian/Citizenship Award to Raymond R. Mattie. The presentation, made by Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour, took place during a Winter Commencement ceremony held Dec. 22 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

Williamsport Technical Institute holiday decorations The Penn College entrance dons its holiday best. Just as attention to quality education has remained an institutional hallmark for nearly a century, decorating the campus for the ho-ho-holidays has enjoyed its own continuity throughout history.

The burgeoning career field of building automation technology is explored in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube Channel. The three-minute video highlights the bachelor-degree major through the eyes of Adam J. Yoder, of Allensville, a 2011 Penn College graduate.

Far more elfish than selfish, Valerie L. Fessler, director of alumni relations/annual giving, shares her bountiful cookie supply. Passengers get a red-nosed reminder of the holidays at hand. Kindred spirits in seasonal red, Santa and young Alice Fessler (joined by her father, Curtis M.) meet for the first time.

Joseph L. Lockard Seventy-one years ago, on a day that has lived well beyond infamy, an eventual Williamsport Technical Institute student was an eyewitness to history. From his position at the Opana Radar Station in Hawaii, local soldier Joseph L. Lockard saw the impending attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

Faculty member evokes cinema legend Members of the Penn College family – faculty/staff, students and alumni – are known for their civic involvement, and not even the hectic holiday season can douse that community spirit. Brian M.

Dr. George H. Parkes During an interview for Penn College's ongoing oral history project, a former dean of applied arts noted, "Behind every great institution stands the shadow of one man – that was Dr. George Parkes." Those comments from James P.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has scheduled a commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 22, for the approximately 300 students who have petitioned to graduate at the end of the Fall 2012 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker is Fadhil A.