Faculty & Staff Articles

Trio Los Claveles, from Rochester, N.Y., entertains dinner patrons. Students line up for tasty dishes "from the kitchen." Naim N. Jabour, assistant professor of architecture, stands ready to discuss an upcoming trip to Spain. Penn College offers a growing number of study abroad programs, from short-term stays to semester-long adventures and internships.

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. Ruth E. Stiner, regular part-time Dining Services Worker III, beginning Oct. 8 Shelley M. Brink, regular part-time Custodian/Floater (third shift), General Services; effective Oct.

The Penn College Business Club recently made and sold 100 apple dumplings to benefit survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The hurricane struck the island nation on Sept. 1, leaving 70,000 people in need of immediate humanitarian relief after high winds and waves combined to destroy homes and infrastructure.

As part of Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend activities, Pennsylvania College of Technology celebrated its new synthetic turf field – “UPMC Field” – and a host of other recent enhancements to its athletic complex, including a new entrance gate, press box and scoreboard.

The fourth annual Homecoming and Parent & Family Weekend (Oct. 4-6) provided another exhaustive opportunity for alumni, current students and families to (re)connect.

Two recently retired faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been granted “faculty emeritus” status by the institution. The emeritus recommendations for Sandra Lakey, associate professor of speech communication-composition, and Thomas J. Mulfinger, associate professor of building construction technology, both were approved by the Penn College Board of Directors on Oct. 3.

Energy fuels our everyday lives and flows into our conversations, yet many of us struggle with this complex subject. Topics such as peak oil, carbon dioxide emissions, fracking, renewables, batteries, pipelines and nuclear power are much talked about and debated.

Yarrington talks with students during a brewery visit. Penn College's 2-year-old brewing and fermentation major is featured in the October issue of Mountain Home, an award-winning monthly publication focused on Pennsylvania and New York's Finger Lakes. “One thing about Penn College, among others, is that they’re really focused on industry trends,” instructor Timothy L.

Penn College is spotlighted in a fresh post to Infobase's website, which features an interview with Madigan Library's Jessica U. Oberlin. The library subscribes to the company's Films on Demand database, offering instructional access to streaming videos from such acclaimed networks as PBS, National Geographic and the BBC.

The CC Commons crew displays school spirit. The Capitol Eatery kitchen squad, ready for action Dining Services staff is wishing "Good luck" to all Penn College sports teams this year by donning Game Day T-shirts whenever the Wildcats play at home.