Faculty & Staff Articles

Helping hands to ease the hassle Blue skies and blue shirts will greet new students and their families as they arrive at Penn College for Welcome Weekend on Saturday, helping demystify the wheres, whys and hows of transitioning into campus life.

Just past the midpoint of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s yearlong Centennial celebration, President Davie Jane Gilmour opened the Fall 2014 semester with an all-college address to faculty and staff. “Focus on today and look to tomorrow,” she said Thursday morning, recapping a hectic summer before outlining initiatives aimed at student success and faculty/staff engagement.

Soggy turned to sunny just in time Wednesday for Pennsylvania College of Technology to once again welcome visitors to Williamsport for the Little League Baseball World Series. On the evening before play begins in South Williamsport, the college hosted its traditional cookout for the Series teams on the lawn outside the Bush Campus Center.

Among the latest additions to the Pennsylvania College of Technology community are new or transferred full-time faculty members for the Fall 2014 semester, as provided by the Human Resources Office (all effective Aug. 14).

Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Summer Commencement ceremony Saturday morning at the Community Arts Center in downtown Williamsport. Kaitlin M. Savidge, of Northumberland, who received an Associate of Applied Science degree in emergency medical services, was the student speaker for the 11 a.m. event.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented its Distinguished Alumni Award to James E. Cunningham, of Montoursville, during Summer 2014 commencement ceremonies held Aug. 9 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

WNEP visits campus Newswatch 16 reporter Kristina Papa visited Penn College on Thursday, enhancing her story about back-to-school shopping. In an interview taped outside the Student & Administrative Services Center, recruitment director Joseph J.

Cooking up something special in the "PA live!" kitchen Cody M. Yonkin on the set Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management and culinary arts, and Cody M.

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. Nancy L. Caschera, Heather M. Mauro, Marissa E. Ray, Jodi M. Toner and Jamie M. Young, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, beginning Aug. 7 Ashley L. Coleman and Teresa J.

Elizabeth A. Biddle, K-12 project manager at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was appointed as a consultant to the National Association for Partnerships in Equity Education. She will serve in the role of program manager.