Faculty & Staff Articles

“Journey and Transformation: The Careers of David Stabley & Keith Vanderlin” is on display in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College through May 6. An artists’ reception is set for 4:30 to 6 p.m. (with a gallery talk at 5 p.m.) on Thursday, March 24, in the gallery lobby on the third floor of The Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

After being canceled at the last minute due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and held as a virtual event during the 2021 school year, BLaST Intermediate Unit 17 and Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted their annual Transition Conference in person on Thursday in the college's Klump Academic Center.

Student leaders gather for an enlightening (and tasty) Etiquette Dinner at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. Twelve campus leaders recently attended the first Etiquette Dinner of the semester at Penn College's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.

Allan Myers, the Mid-Atlantic’s largest heavy civil contractor and a valued Pennsylvania College of Technology Corporate Tomorrow Maker, has pledged $250,000 to expand its support of students and programs at the college.

Any number of animals have creatively aided children’s development over the years: a hat-wearing cat, a honey-loving bear, a curious monkey, a big red dog and an even larger yellow bird, among them. Make room in that menagerie for Waffles, a lovable guinea pig debuting in a book for children – and whose enchanting story will also benefit students at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Jennifer N. Severson took first prize, for the second year in a row, in the Mrs. T’s National Pierogy Day Recipe Contest. Severson is head cook in CC Commons, one of nine dining units on campus. Her winning recipe is for pumpkin spice pierogies, featuring roasted root vegetables and pumpkin curry.

Day after day, and not just on International Women's Day, Penn College champions the hands-on effort needed to reverse the disproportionately low representation of women in the trades.

Penny Griffin Lutz, director of the Gallery at Penn College, recently discussed the “Golden Legacy: Original Art From 75 Years of Golden Books” exhibit in a conversation with Fiona Powell for WVIA Radio's "Art Scene" with Erika Funke.

International welding artist Rae Ripple, encouraged by a Pennsylvania College of Technology student last fall to drop by campus, honored that invitation Friday with an inspiring daylong visit. "I absolutely love this school!" she said during a "Live With Rae" morning presentation in the Klump Academic Center, coolly and confidently striding the auditorium stage in an animated and unabashed Q&A.

Johnson Controls and its York-based Navy Systems business has bolstered welding education at Pennsylvania College of Technology by donating $30,000 worth of materials in the past year and a half. Recently, the company, a Corporate Tomorrow Maker partner of the college, boosted its support with a $10,000 gift toward curriculum enhancements and additional equipment and materials procurement.