Faculty & Staff Articles

Bradley M. Webb, director of student affairs administration and one of the evening's servers, talks with colleagues from the Residence Life Office. A seasonal centerpiece helps set the mood. Student leader Emma J. Sutterlin enjoys a pre-holiday meal. Members of the college community mingle over a family-style meal.

William E. Twaddell Services will be held Thursday in Hackettstown, New Jersey, for William E. Twaddell, Penn College's dean of general services from January 1986 to December 1994, who died Monday, Nov. 10, at the age of 82. An obituary has been posted by the Cochran Funeral Home in Hackettstown.

Penn College students, faculty among conference attendees Five students and two professors recently traveled to Indianapolis to attend the COMMON 2014 Fall Conference and Expo, sponsored by the world's largest professional association of IBM technology users.

On this Veterans Day,  PCToday salutes the Pennsylvania College of Technology students, faculty, staff and alumni who have served (or continue to serve) their country. Members of the campus community are encouraged to say "Thank you" for the military service of their colleagues, recognized through this voluntary honor roll.

President Gilmour, with Jackie Robinson West players and coaches at the White House (WLS-TV) As chair of the Little League International Board of Directors, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour joined players and coaches from Chicago's Jackie Robinson West All-Stars in a Thursday visit to the White House. The college president accompanied Stephen D.

Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member Craig A. Miller will present the concluding lecture in the college’s Centennial Colloquia Series on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Miller, an assistant professor of history/political science, will offer a talk titled “Technology, Power and Responsibility” in the college’s Klump Academic Center Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

A paper by Chip D. Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration/management at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was selected for publication in an international conference journal. Baumgardner presented his paper, “Using Cooperative Learning in the Changing Environment of Education,” at the 25th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning in Florida.

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. Mark E. Clary, full-time Plumber, General Services; effective Nov. 3 Sheriel Campbell-Epstein, regular part-time Dining Services Worker III, starting Nov.

Costumed characters and critters inhabit the first floor of The Madigan Library for Halloween. From left: Diana L. Worth, library operations/public services assistant; Blair E. Mattocks, library support services assistant; student worker Kathryn M. Jaconetta, library operations/public services; and librarians Judy J. Zebrowski, Judy F. McConnell and Georgia R. Laudenslager.

While Veterans Day (Nov. 11) provides an annual salute to the countless individuals who have served in the U.S. armed forces, veterans’ advocacy is a daily priority at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Four active and former military personnel who provide assistance to their fellow veterans at the college’s Financial Aid Office personify that priority.