Faculty & Staff Articles

Workforce Development at Penn College welcomed scores of school administrators, counselors and teachers Tuesday to its 2019 Pre-Apprenticeship Summit, where educators learned how to prepare today's high school students for the in-demand, high-skilled careers of tomorrow.

Holiday cards created by student organizations and Penn College departments, artistically delivering "Season's Greetings" across the campus community, went on display Monday on the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center lawn. (The first 32 photos are from student groups, followed by nine entries from college offices.) − Photos by Tom Wilson, writer/editor-PCToday

Markley (left) listens as Howard Wilt, a Marine veteran of the Korean War and chair of the memorial commission, reads the award inscription. Lugg and Reed accept plaques on behalf of the college's role in the veterans memorial. A memorial brick casts in stone the institution's timeless commitment to veterans.

A faculty member's reversed ostomy equipped a nursing lab with surplus supplies and gave classmates a valuable life lesson. Students in the Fundamentals of Nursing course learned more about the experiences some of their future patients will face, courtesy of a donation of excess medical supplies after a faculty member recovered from a serious health issue. Dulcey J.

Randy J. Zangara, dean of college transitions and first year initiatives, welcomes educators in the Student & Administrative Services Center. Carolyn R. Strickland, vice president for enrollment management/associate provost, corrects misconceptions that she hears about Penn College. Educators board trolleys to visit the Schneebeli Earth Science Center and the Lumley Aviation Center.

Attentive students absorb field expertise ... ... during a visit to PennDOT's local district office this month.

The group intently listens to President Gilmour in the college's welding addition. From left are Reed; Turzai; Borowicz; Owlett's wife, Lauren; and Owlett. David R. Cotner (second from right), dean of industrial, computing and engineering technologies, takes the group by the expanded facility's impressive new plasma equipment. John M.

A pre-winter tradition continued Wednesday at the General Services building along Reach Road, where employees and students celebrated Penn College's rich diversity by fashioning 41 oversized wooden holiday cards.

Classmates stand outside the Peter Herdic House Restaurant, among the impressive Victorian structures that form Williamsport's Millionaires' Row. An architectural detail catches the camera's eye.

“Jeff Repko was the ideal choice for our first artist-in-residence in the ‘Material Matters’ series as his work combines traditional materials with digital fabrication methods,” said Penny Griffin Lutz, director of The Gallery at Penn College. In addition to a public reception for his exhibit, “In Proximity,” Repko’s five-day residency (Nov. 5-9) featured workshops in the gallery and The Dr.