Faculty & Staff Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology employees and recent authors Megan Rogers and Tom Speicher will staff a book-signing/sale as part of this week's kids-themed First Friday activities in downtown Williamsport. The pair will be situated outside Gustonian Gifts, 357 Pine St., beginning at 5 p.m.

Passante (left) talks with students during a visit to campus in early 2020. At right are Sara D. Stafford, of West Chester, who earned a welding technology degree in May 2020 and is working toward her bachelor's in applied management, and Axel A. Murillo, a welding and fabrication engineering technology major from Watsontown.

The Gallery at Penn College has announced its 16th season of engaging art exhibits for the 2021-22 Academic Year at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Two displays of contemporary art begin the season: Michael Reedy’s “Into the Void,” exploring the timeless topic of the human body through mixed-media works, opens Aug.

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.