Faculty & Staff Articles

Doreen Shope, who retired in 2004 as an associate professor of business administration, died Dec. 12 at the age of 82.

Jessie L. Hafner, who worked in the Admissions Office for Penn College forerunner Williamsport Area Community College, died on Dec. 6. She was 101 years old.

The Penn College Workforce Development polymers team recently attended the Da Vinci Science Center’s Manufacturing Career Connection Day in Allentown. More than 500 students attended from Lehigh Valley schools.

Nearly 311 students have petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2025 semester at Pennsylvania College of Technology. A commencement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center.

Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was selected to serve on the advisory council for the 2026 Salon du Chocolat New York.

During the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors meeting on Dec.4, the board accepted the Fiscal Year 2025 audited financial statements and authorized a list of banks to serve as depositories of college funds. The board also appointed Kyle A. Smith as interim vice president for college relations and approved the college’s mission, vision and values for 2026-30.

In a video recently produced by Penn College, Jack C. Dincher, instructor of electrical/mechatronics, highlights the ongoing buildout of the newest mechatronics lab, housed in the college’s Electrical Technologies Center.

Paul S. Schriner, a 1963 alumnus who went on to retire from the college as an associate professor of welding in 2001, died on Nov. 28. He was 86 years old.

Audriana L. Empet, director of admissions, has been named to Pennsylvania Business Central’s 2025 “Foremost Under 40” list, published on Nov. 28.

Penn College’s esports coach, Joshua D. Young, was recently appointed to the advisory committee for PlayVS College League, the largest collegiate esports league.