Faculty & Staff Articles

A clip from "Carmen Jones" plays on the big screen, featuring Dorothy Dandridge – the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award in a leading role. A copy of "American Grown," which promotes good nutrition and documents the White House Kitchen Garden through the seasons, is open to Michelle Obama's signature page.

Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday kicked off Legacy Day, a 24-hour celebration to unite alumni, faculty, staff, students and the campus community in honoring President Davie Jane Gilmour’s transformational leadership. A College Relations graphic makes it obvious: Penn College employees have a top-down passion for student success!

An exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 20 seniors in the architecture and sustainable design major at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be on display April 8-15 in The Gallery at Penn College. A reception for “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects” will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.

Inspiration and unity are among the sentiments painted on "The Rock" for Women's History Month. Eighteen Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, singled out in comments from students and co-workers, were honored during March by the Student Government Association in observance of Women's History Month.

An administrator in the School of Engineering Technologies drew upon her vastly varied background this week – from two patents for co-inventions in biomedicine to teaching to dressing department-store manikins – to envision a STEM workforce as diverse as her resume.

Nine Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture students recently journeyed to North Carolina State University for the 46th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition. A number of them turned in noteworthy performances in their respective categories, and the team finished 19th among 43 schools. Brigham Young University-Provo was the overall winner.

Jennifer R. Wahl, a social sciences instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was honored recently with the 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award by the Penn State College of Education Alumni Society. The award recognizes exemplary individuals in a full-time teaching capacity (traditional or nontraditional setting).

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Dunham Children’s Learning Center received an American Rescue Plan Act Child Care Stabilization Grant of $171,572. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education through STEP Inc. It is part of $655 million released in Pennsylvania to stabilize the state’s child care industry.

Penn College has partnered with Mediaplanet USA for an "Empowering Women in Gaming" campaign to share the resources, tools and technology that are helping female gamers and game-design professionals succeed in a male-dominated industry.

Marked by milestones, a reception in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College on Thursday night cast a unique net of celebrations.