Faculty & Staff Articles

Jerry C. Hammaker, part-time instructor of beverage and restaurant management at Penn College, authored an article for the June issue of PR%F (Proof) the Magazine, published by the brand that produces the PR%F Awards in partnership with Food & Beverage Magazine. The PR%F Awards is an international competition for spirits, wines and beverages.

Presidential Student Ambassador Lauryn A. Stauffer is your effusive and illuminating guide to Pennsylvania College of Technology in a newly launched video produced by Public Relations & Marketing.

We’ve got talent! Penn College students-turned-actors (from left): Highland, Schooley, Wiest and Flanagan. Glowing goodness (expertly prepared and presented by a food stylist) Cameras roll … ... and truly roll on a dolly track as the cast and crew go "on location" in Capitol Eatery. Capitol Eatery transformed into a “movie set" of sorts this week when a production crew filmed a video for Mrs.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is partnering with Storbeck Search, an executive search firm specializing in leadership hiring for colleges and universities, to conduct a national search to replace retiring President Davie Jane Gilmour. Storbeck Search, based in Media, Pennsylvania, is part of Diversified Search Group.

A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, for Chef Judith P. Shimp, a former associate professor of hospitality management and culinary arts, who died July 27 in Philadelphia's Albert Einstein Medical Center at the age of 67. Shimp was a member of the college faculty from September 1984 until her retirement in June 2011.

"Because tomorrow begins today," Penn College campuses welcomed scores of high school students for six more Pre-College Programs in recent days.

Suzanne Mayberry wants to connect her high school students with manufacturing. Thanks to Pennsylvania College of Technology, she has more tools to accomplish that goal. Penn College recently hosted a Manufacturing Externship Camp for Mayberry and 16 other secondary school teachers and guidance counselors throughout the state.

Barbara Fisher Di Marco has been appointed interim assistant dean of arts and sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology, effective July 26. Di Marco most recently served as an assistant professor and co-department head of mathematics at the college. She was honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020. “Ms.

Barbara Fisher Di Marco's interim administrative appointment in the School of Business, Arts & Sciences left a faculty vacancy on the Presidential Search Committee established with Davie Jane Gilmour's announcement that she will retire June 30, 2022. John F. Chappo, assistant professor of history/history of technology, will succeed Di Marco on that committee, it was announced Monday.

An article in the July/August issue of Pennsylvania Angler & Boater features a field trip taken by Rob Cooley's Outdoor Recreation as a Therapeutic Tool course during the spring semester. The class traveled to nearby Rose Valley Lake, accompanied by Lycoming College's director of outdoor learning and education, for an enjoyable and insightful day of kayaking.