Faculty & Staff Articles

Applications will be accepted through Sept. 10 for Lead-PCT, an eight-week student leadership experience that provides participants the opportunity to learn different leadership skills and apply them by developing a social change project proposal that directly benefits the Penn College community.

Jodi F. Stiner, a part-time faculty member for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physical therapist assistant program, recently received the Certified Stroke Rehabilitation Specialist credential. Stiner completed a 32-hour course conducted by Neurorecovery Unlimited, in collaboration with the American Stroke Association, followed by an online competency examination.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is set to begin accepting students into its newest master’s degree offering – a Master of Science in Nursing, nursing education. The application for admission will open in January, with classes set to begin in Fall 2021.

Two members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Workforce Development department were featured during the ninth annual Workforce Solutions Symposium held Aug. 5-6 by the Virginia-based Manufacturing Skills Institute. Christopher P.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently honored noteworthy staff, a part-time instructor, outstanding faculty in advisement and assessment of students, longtime employees, and those who retired during the 2019-20 academic year. Historically included in an all-college ceremony to end the spring semester, the honors were delayed this year and announced virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an effort to provide additional opportunities to serve students, Enrollment Management is extending office hours and opening on one Saturday per month during the Fall 2020 semester. The offices offering extended hours – until 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays (Aug. 29, Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 21 and Dec.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Madeline L. Metzger, full-time Admissions Counselor, Events and Communications Support, Admissions Office; beginning Aug. 24 Heidi M.

Three faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology were presented with Excellence in Teaching Awards at the start of the 2020-21 academic year. As part of the Distinguished Teaching Awards program at Penn College, President Davie Jane Gilmour presented Excellence in Teaching Awards to Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture; Barbara F.

Among the latest additions to the Pennsylvania College of Technology family are full-time faculty members for the Fall 2020 semester, as provided by the Human Resources Office (all effective Aug. 13). “Our new faculty present a wide range of experiences and skills,” said Joanna K. Flynn, dean of curriculum and instruction.

Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour recognized exemplary faculty and staff during an all-college address Thursday morning, then used "some very plain language" to emphasize for all of her co-workers the inherent personal accountability of starting the 2020-21 academic year amid a global health crisis.