Faculty & Staff Articles

The funeral will be Friday for Kenneth C. Eck, 60, a longtime member of the machining faculty, who died Jan. 3. An adjunct instructor from August 1999 until his death, Eck earned Penn College degrees in machine tool technology (1983) and machinist general (1981). A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan.

As the commonwealth celebrates anew the breadth of its agriculture heritage, representatives of Pennsylvania College of Technology will again be on hand to epitomize those who have helped the industry thrive for centuries. Students and employees will represent the college at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg from Jan.

Kelly Generator & Equipment Inc., a leader in the power generation industry, has donated a generator for use at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

Members of the Penn College community are encouraged to contribute blood during this month's collection for the American Red Cross. Online appointments are available for the visit, scheduled from noon-6 p.m. Jan. 17-18 in Penn's Inn (Bush Campus Center, second floor). Successful donors will receive a T-shirt, and $4 from each unit collected will go toward THON's fight against pediatric cancer.

Wolfe (front row, sixth from right) was among those who returned to campus in October 2013 for the 50th anniversary of computer instruction at the college. The funeral was this past week for George P. Wolfe Sr., a retired associate professor of computer information technology, who died Dec. 19 at the age of 92.

Writer/video producer Tom Speicher, author of “A Week With Waffles,” traveled to Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 21 for another appearance on WBRE’s “PA live!” with co-host Rachel Malak. "This book ... teaches kids the days of the week and, at the same time, each page encourages creative thought in kids.

In a festive ceremony that warmly staved off the chill of encroaching winter, Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Fall Commencement at 11 a.m. Saturday. Student-athlete Maci N. Ilgen, of Spring Mills, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, was the class speaker. President Michael J. Reed presented an Alumni Volunteer of the Year Award to Anthony J.

Six graduating students – the recipients of collegewide commencement awards – were celebrated Friday night during the Excellence in Student Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony, held in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. "Our primary goal is to place our graduates in the most competitive position for long-term success," President Michael J.

An agreement with Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co., a time-honored corporate partner of Pennsylvania College of Technology, pairs a qualified technician with students in the electrical power generation curriculum for preventative maintenance of the institution’s electrical generators.

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing students and their instructor recently stepped away from the familiar environs of the college’s laboratories and clinical rotations in local health care facilities to help provide care to a medically underserved community in Central America.