Faculty & Staff Articles

The History Trail, a commemorative walking tour of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s main campus that vibrantly connects visitors to the institution’s century of accomplishment, has been nationally recognized for helping to “make the past more meaningful for all Americans.” Penn College was recently notified by the American Association for State and Local History that the trail, installed last

Chef Charles Niedermyer and recent graduate Ching Chan prepare for their live appearance at WBRE’s studios. A faculty member and an alumna of Penn College's School of Business & Hospitality appeared on WBRE's "PA live!" broadcast Tuesday afternoon. Chef Charles R.

An employee of Pennsylvania College of Technology and her husband, who also works for the college, have established an annual scholarship in memory of her grandparents. Erin S. Shultz, coordinator of career development, and Walter J. Shultz, director of the Office of Instructional Technology, created the scholarship to memorialize Erin’s grandparents, Richard and Mildred Taylor.

WBRE on campus Eyewitness News reporter Valerie Tysanner visited main campus Tuesday for local feedback on White House action to cap eligible students' annual loan payments at 10 percent of discretionary income. Her piece – featuring comments from Tristan J. Mauck, a first-year web and interactive media major from Philadelphia, and Dennis L.

Matt R. Haile Matt R. Haile, award-winning coach of the Wildcat golf team and a member of the Penn College Athletic Hall of Fame, has qualified for the Pennsylvania Golf Association's 101st annual Amateur Championship. Haile shot an even-par 71 Monday at the Country Club of Harrisburg, one of six qualifying sites that will produce the 120-player field.

James E. Middleton James E. Middleton, who served as chief academic officer during the transformation of Williamsport Area Community College into Penn College, has been appointed to a statewide postsecondary position in Oregon.

A behemoth on the tarmac, the plane seems even more enormous when partially pulled into the spacious Lumley Aviation Center hangar. Collision repair instructor Roy H. Klinger (left) and aviation instructor Michael R. Robison begin the laborious process of painting over the plane's prior corporate identity.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has won its second Telly Award of the year, thanks to a video featuring an inspirational student. “Masonry with Nicole” is a bronze winner for motivational online video programming in the 35th annual international competition.

Edward "Mike" Gray Edward “Mike” Gray, a retired associate professor, machine shop, died May 31 at the age of 90. He taught at both Williamsport Technical Institute and Williamsport Area Community College, Penn College’s predecessors, from September 1959 until retiring in September 1985. Services will be held at the convenience of the family.

ShaleNET, a federally funded training program, recently received the Energy Leadership Award in Workforce Development at an annual awards ceremony sponsored by the Pittsburgh Business Times. ShaleNET was launched in 2010 with a $4.96 million Community Based Job Training grant awarded to Westmoreland County Community College by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration.