Faculty & Staff Articles

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. Joseph A. Kankowski, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, starting Oct. 29 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

Presented with a plaque at the close of his lecture, Ryan P. Good is joined on stage by student nominators David J. Munn (left) and Jarad J. Askren.

A registry drive for bone-marrow donors, held to find potential matches to aid patients with diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (in the Keystone Dining Room) and from 4-7 p.m. (in Dauphin Hall's Capitol Eatery).

Alfred M. Thomas II and Jesse An article in the Fall 2013 issue of One College Avenue magazine, which prompted Tuesday's library forum, is displayed on a table of resources. Two friends settle in for an afternoon chat.

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. Michael R. Triassi, full-time Director of Sales and Restaurant Operations, School of Business & Hospitality; starting Oct.

A personal demonstration of service dogs’ invaluable and unselfish companionship will be provided during the next Madigan Library Forum at Pennsylvania College of Technology. “Not All Disabilities Are Visible: A Professor and His Service Dog” will be presented from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, in the second-floor reading loft of the library.

Chip D. Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration/management at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently presented a paper to the International Atlantic Economic Conference. Baumgardner’s paper was titled “Elements of Effective Cooperative Learning for the Economics and Business Classes.” The conference was held Oct.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted the 63rd annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society. The theme for the conference, held Oct. 11-13, was “On Getting by with Change,” focusing on trends in modern society. Five Penn College faculty members participated in conference presentations.

A special display of hooked rugs has been arranged by The Gallery at Penn College during the Tiadaghton Quilt Guild’s biennial quilt show, taking place Oct. 18-20 in the Field House at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The rugs were created by the late Ruth Ann Van Horn, wife of Chalmer C. Van Horn, a professor emeritus of drafting at Penn College.

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. John D. Anderson, full-time Web Programmer/Analyst, WEDnetPA; Information Technology Services; starting Oct. 14 Shan R.