Faculty & Staff Articles

A lunchtime program Wednesday celebrated Penn College's Land Acknowledgement, including an official History Trail marker newly installed just outside the Bush Campus Center's west entrance. “We acknowledge that the land on which we live, work and learn is the ancestral home of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee, Iroquoian-speaking Susquehannocks and the Lenni Lenape (Delaware).

No, it's not déjà vu! When someone contributes to another someone's peerless educational experience abroad, gratitude is a message worth repeating. And Hannah C.

Christine A. Limbert, of Curwensville, and Brandon C. Wolfe, of Albion, find joy in the experience. Limbert is majoring in building science & sustainable design (she completed an associate degree in architectural technology in 2021), and Wolfe is a student in landscape/plant production technology. Monique C.

Penn College Counseling Services and the Wellness Education Office are co-sponsoring a local conference site for International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Thompson Professional Development Center’s Mountain Laurel Room.

The halfway mark in Penn College's "Give Thanks, Paw It Forward" series of profiles belongs to Diana M. Gaglione, whose 14-day Global Experiences trip to Spain left her grateful for those who helped her embrace the "unimaginable beauty" of traveling outside her comfort zone. "The opportunity to experience a new culture was priceless to me.

Nineteen students enrolled in emergency management & homeland security at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently toured the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency in Harrisburg. “Touring PEMA was a great experience,” said Colten C.B. Hajicek, a freshman from Redmond, Washington.

The Penn College community commended its veterans, active-duty personnel and reservists late last week through a variety of events captured by cross-campus photo contributors.

A full day of exploring sacred geometry was observed on Pennsylvania College of Technology’s campus Thursday with a seven-hour workshop in The Dr. Welch Workshop: A Makerspace followed by an artist talk in The Gallery at Penn College.

Motor Truck Equipment Co., the parent company of Kenworth of Pennsylvania and Motor Truck Thermo King, has enhanced and expanded its partnership with Pennsylvania College of Technology. Primarily represented as Kenworth of Pennsylvania, a Corporate Tomorrow Maker, the sister companies have partnered with Penn College for nearly 10 years in association with the diesel technology program.

On this Veterans Day, we salute the Pennsylvania College of Technology students, faculty and staff who have served (or continue to serve) their country. One of Penn College’s many benefits for veterans and currently serving military is a central location to gather, collaborate and study: the Major General Fred F. Marty Veterans & Military Resource Center.