Faculty & Staff Articles

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.

Visitors check out the structural integrity of students' construction work – including an assessment of whether the roof is sturdy enough "to hold Santa Claus." With the dean's assistance, each of the children donned the requisite eye protection and operated a power screwdriver.

A poster that strikingly made use of Pennsylvania College of Technology's dimensional-printing capability has brought more national recognition to the institution's Printing and Document Services operation.

Kelly B. Butzler, associate professor of chemistry at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was invited to present a session at the Middle Atlantic Discovery Chemistry Project’s 2013 meeting. Butzler was co-presenter with Lolita A. Paff, assistant professor of business economics at Penn State Berks, for a session titled “Flip Your Class!

Research conducted by a Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus for his senior project was incorporated into a paper presented at a recent regional conference by a retired faculty member. The paper was presented by Asesh K. Das, who retired in August 2012 as a professor of computer science, and was written by him and Michael K.

An economics professor at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently chaired two panels at the Pennsylvania Economic Association Annual Conference. Abdul B.

The editor of Mopar Muscle and Mopar Now magazines visited Penn College this past week, meeting with faculty and touring automotive and collision repair laboratories.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member recently offered a presentation showing how land-management practices can reduce flood damage in the Loyalsock Creek watershed. D. Robert Cooley, assistant professor of anthropology and environmental science, was invited to present at the April 23 meeting of the Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association. D.

An adjunct faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology was an invited panelist at the 2013 Meeting of the Middle Atlantic Discovery Chemistry Project. Matthew R.