Faculty & Staff Articles

Women from the campus community are welcome to attend a free self-defense workshop, part of a Penn College student's internship at the James V. Brown Library, to be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Aug. 15-16 in the library's Lowry Theatre. The event was organized by Bethany M. Reppert, an applied human services major from Pottsville, whose internship capstone involves presenting a program for adults.

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. Tanya Berfield, full-time temporary Project and Data Reporting Technician, Outreach for K-12, effective Aug. 1 Jill Armstead, Marjory D. Belzer, Julie L. Campbell, Stacey Lepley, Brucila F. Lowe and Cindy S.

A paper by a member of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s business administration faculty was accepted for publication in “Selected Papers From the 24th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning.” Gerald D. “Chip” Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration, was among more than 150 faculty presenters at the conference, held in April in Jacksonville, Fla.

David R. Cotner has been appointed dean of the School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, succeeding William E. Mack, who is stepping down for health reasons. Cotner had served as assistant dean of the school since January. Stacey C. Hampton has been named to succeed him in that role.

Tom Gregory, associate vice president for instruction, welcomes adjunct faculty members in Penn's Inn. Kay E. Dunkleberger, coordinator of disability services, preps her audience for the diversity of students – and the accompanying variety of instructional challenges – they'll encounter in the classroom. In a presentation on classroom safety and emergency response, James E.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, for nearly 250 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology after the college’s summer sessions. The commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the ceremony will be Katherine P.

David L. Evans, professor of biology (anatomy and physiology) at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been honored with the 2013 President’s Medal by the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society. HAPS promotes excellence in the teaching of human anatomy and physiology and has approximately 1,700 members worldwide.

As an athlete, coach and teacher, Ronald E. Kodish has made a lifetime commitment to keeping fit and staying healthy. That purposeful pursuit will wind its way along Route 6 in the coming weeks, as enduring love fuels a memorial bicycle ride through the picturesque wilderness of the Northern Tier.

Paul R. Watson II has been appointed dean of academic services and first year programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Previously, Watson served as assistant dean of programs in the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications at the college. He has also served as director of mathematics and general education. Watson began his new duties July 22.

Chief Automotive Technologies' Jim Wrigley conducts a session in a College Avenue Labs classroom. Tips on paintless auto-body repair Metalworking is among the skills honed in the collision repair lab. Penn College instructor Roy H. Klinger schools participants on forming sheet-metal panels.