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. Ryan Newman, regular part-time Plastics Manufacturing Center Technician-Project, effective July 16 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

A near-perfect day of weather greeted the 41 golfers in last week's School of Natural Resources Management Scholarship Golf Invitational. The fairways of White Deer Golf Course were an excellent venue for the July 11 scholarship fundraiser, at which 13 golfers displayed their Wildcat pride as Pennsylvania College of Technology employees.

Barbara J. Albert, program specialist for the early childhood education major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was named to the state’s Keystone STARS Advisory Committee for 2012-15.

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. Malinda C. Love, Assistant Director of Student Activities for Diversity & Cultural Life, effective July 9 Kenneth J.

C. Hank White, director of the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently accepted a 2012 Society of Plastics Engineers Gold Pinnacle Award on behalf of SPE’s Rotational Molding Division. SPE divisions are technical groups organized around a specific process or application in the plastics industry.

A horticulture instructor at Pennsylvania College’s of Technology Schneebeli Earth Science Center was a presenter at the Penn State Master Gardener State Conference, held June 22-23 at the Nittany Lion Inn on the main campus of The Pennsylvania State University. Carl J.

Faculty and staff members in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Natural Resources Management served as judges for several competitions during the 2012 State FFA Activities Week, held June 12-14 at The Pennsylvania State University.

FedEx Express' William Smith gives faculty an unprecedented view. Like more orthodox Penn College classes, a small teacher-to-student ratio allows for personalized interaction.

An associate professor at Pennsylvania College of Technology authored a paper, “Transdisciplinary Approaches for Culturally Appropriate Boat Design,” that was published in the Work Based Learning e-Journal International. Thomas E. Ask’s paper presented findings from research conducted while he was a visiting professor of mechanical engineering at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2009.

Larry L. Michael, assistant vice president for workforce development and special projects, discussed job-training partnerships with natural gas producers during a panel discussion at last week's U.S. Conference of Mayors annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.