Faculty & Staff Articles

Thursday's Career Day, meticulously arranged by the College Transitions Office, provided a premier opportunity for school districts to visit Penn College and explore a wide variety of careers through hands-on activities, demonstrations, facility tours, and discussions with students and faculty. – Photos by Tia G. La, student photographer; Jennifer A. Cline, writer/magazine editor; and Anna C.

More than 250 people from throughout Williamsport are expected to participate in the eighth annual Greater Lycoming Out of the Darkness Community Walk hosted by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Central Pennsylvania chapter and Pennsylvania College of Technology. The walk will be held at Penn College on Saturday, Oct. 22, with registration starting at 5:30 p.m.

Kimberly R. Cassel Penn College's new director of alumni relations has been chosen among this year's Women of Excellence class at the Williamsport YWCA, honored for civic involvement in furtherance of the agency's mission of empowerment, justice and dignity. Kimberly R. Cassel is one of 12 women who will be inducted during a Nov. 10 banquet at the Williamsport Country Club.

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. Sean D. Walls, transfer from casual part-time Custodian, General Services, to full-time Residence Hall Security Officer, Penn College Police; beginning Oct. 21 Susan A.

Students Ashley M. Otto and Kelsey L. Maneval pack Penn College backpacks that they’ll leave behind for residents of Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Picture books and Penn College backpacks are among items donated by the campus community for the remote village. Friend Bear finds a seat in a suitcase for the trip to Central America. Students glean details from nursing instructor Christine B.

A medication drop box, designed for year-round disposal of outdated or unneeded pharmaceuticals – both over-the-counter and prescription – has been installed in the lobby area of Penn College Health Services (Room 150, Bush Campus Center). The box was obtained from Lycoming County District Attorney Eric R. Linhardt and the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.

Scientific aspects of time and humanity’s desire to control it will be addressed at the next presentation of the Technology & Society Colloquia Series at Pennsylvania College of Technology. “Manipulating Time Using Science, Technology and Literature” will be presented by David S. Richards, professor of physics, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Woodsmen’s Team traveled to the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina to compete in the 21st Annual John Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet on Oct. 1. This is the second trip to North Carolina in as many years for the team, which is part of the college’s Forestry Club.

Chef Richard J. McGlynn III, a member of the professional staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, is set to compete against seven other Pennsylvania chefs at the 2016 Taste of Elegance. The event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council.

Faculty members Golshan (left) and Yoas staff the grill with perfection ... ... satisfying a pavilion full of hungry hikers. And what's a cookout without the melted-marshmallow joy of s'mores? Students take to the foothills, surrounded by the natural beauty of Penn's Woods.