Faculty & Staff Articles

A pair of teams comprising students from construction-related programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology admirably met the challenge of competition at the recent National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has announced administrative changes within Public Relations & Marketing at the college. Tina M. Miller becomes director of public relations and marketing, and Carlos Ramos has been named director of strategic marketing. Miller served most recently as director of marketing communications; Ramos was manager of web development and interactive media. Tina M.

"Working Class" "Working Class: Build and Grow Green," the second episode of a Telly Award-winning series co-produced by Penn College, will be rebroadcast at 7 p.m. Thursday on WVIA.

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. Linda L. Locher, full-time Counselor, Counseling Services, beginning Jan. 23 Kimberlee Rusczyk, full-time Manager of Social Media and Online Marketing, Public Relations & Marketing, effective Jan. 23 Kelsie L.

Washington conducts a professional-development session in Penn's Inn, challenging those in higher education to engage one another in building community. At the consultant's direction, participants rise to shake hands with someone they didn't know well ... ... an exercise that was repeated that evening in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Unselfish in their community commitment and undeterred by winter's chill, about 225 people participated in Monday's 10th annual Peace Walk to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King.

The president and founder of a multicultural organizational development firm, a self-described "instrument of change," will be the keynote speaker as Pennsylvania College of Technology continues its Dream Week reflections on the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. "The Content of Our Character: Doing the Work to Live Out the Dream of Inclusion" will be presented at 7 p.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has named Hillary E. Hofstrom associate vice president for human resources and expanded the responsibilities of two other longtime administrators in the Human Resources Office. Hofstrom, who had been director of employee relations and compliance, will oversee all activities within Human Resources. She will report to Suzanne T.

Students in the Renewable Energy Technologies course are looking for homes in which to perform energy audits, identify energy-saving measures and recommend renewable systems. To qualify, a home must be a freestanding single-family dwelling. Students will come to the house and evaluate it as part of their course requirements.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty were big winners recently in Las Vegas. The contingent attended two major industry conferences during the same week. Representatives from the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies participated in FABTECH 2016 and the Autodesk University conference.