Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors has approved the hiring of Katie Bell – a marketing and communications professional with over 25 years of experience in corporate, economic-development and higher-education environments – as vice president for communications and marketing.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a car that will serve as an instructional resource and a marketing vehicle. Volkswagen Group of America and Ciocca Automotive have donated a 2018 VW Tiguan to the college. The value of the car is $21,391.
Students and faculty from Pennsylvania College of Technology collected plenty of hardware at the recent Toyota Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York. The college contingent – consisting mainly of students from the Penn College Motorsports Association – garnered several awards at the 21st annual event, held at the Watkins Glen International race course.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the only international honor society for computing and information disciplines, welcomed nine new members to the Pennsylvania College of Technology chapter during a recent induction ceremony. The new members are the sixth class to be inducted at Penn College.
“Have you ever eaten on camera? It's a little uncomfortable," quips Brian Walton, assistant dean of business and hospitality. "I’ve got to imagine this isn’t flattering, but it is delicious.” Walton, a Penn College alumnus and campus favorite, steps up to the plate for "Wild Ones Episode 3."
The annual honoring of awesome women took place recently, with the spotlight shining on 25 Penn College students. Hosted by the Office of Student Engagement in the Thompson Professional Development Center, the 2025 Awesome Woman Exemplar Ceremony featured appetizers, mingling and awards.
About 30 Pennsylvania College of Technology students will be part of the culinary brigade serving guests at Churchill Downs during the 151st running of the famed Kentucky Derby on May 3. The students were interviewed and hired by staff of Levy Restaurants, which provides dining operations at Churchill Downs, for internships at the facility during Derby Week, the event-filled lead-up to the Kentucky Derby.
Ron Frick, president/CEO of the Lycoming County United Way, made a visit to the Butterfly preschool classroom at the Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Penn College on April 10 to celebrate the kickoff of the state Office of Commonwealth Libraries One Book Early Literacy Project.
Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architecture at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was a keynote speaker at the recent Pennsylvania Housing Research Center Housing Conference.
Pennsylvania College of Technology President Michael J. Reed and four students were among the college contingent traveling to Harrisburg to support Penn State’s Capital Day on Wednesday. During Capital Day, students from University Park and Penn State's commonwealth campuses and affiliates, like Penn College, highlight the university’s positive impact on the commonwealth and encourage support of the university’s state funding.
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