Faculty & Staff Articles

Team SchuPa gathers with the Schuman family for an "official" race photo. Registrar Denny Dunkleberger shows off his team shirt during the Danville half-marathon. K.C. Shaner is the first team member to cross the finish line. In an emotional tribute to her late husband, Pam Schuman accepts Denny Dunkleberger's race medal.

The IMC’s innovation and market development consultant received an “Innovator of the Year” award, highlighting her outstanding work on behalf of regional industries, during the recent Manufacturing Innovation 2012 event in Orlando, Fla.

Artwork by two faculty members in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s art and design department has been accepted into the “Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2012” exhibit at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. The exhibit is recognized as the official, statewide, juried competition for Pennsylvania artists. David M.

Leah R. Tressler, a group leader in the Robert and Maureen Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently received a master’s degree from California University of Pennsylvania. Tressler graduated with honors with a Master of Education with a concentration in early childhood education.

“How Books Came to America: The Rise of the American Book Trade,” by John Hruschka, assistant professor of English-composition in the School of Integrated Studies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was published recently by the Penn State University Press.

Two members of the full-time faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology were honored with teaching awards during commencement ceremonies held May 11-12 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Excellence in Teaching Award winner Daniel K. Christopher with Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour.

Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday presented Distinguished Staff and Part-Time Teaching awards, celebrated faculty members for their excellence in advising students, inducted new members of its Quarter Century Club and honored employees retiring in the 2011-12 academic year.

(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a May 10 all-college meeting to end the Spring 2012 semester) Good morning. Whether translated as a blessing or a curse, the proverb, “May you live in interesting times” certainly applies to 2011-12 at Penn College.

Faculty members from Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management recently co-chaired two-day SkillsUSA state competitions in Pennsylvania and New York. Bill P. Kilcoyne Jr. and Chris S. Weaver, instructors of diesel equipment technology, oversaw the Diesel Technology competition among 12 high school contestants at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. Mark E.

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. Tonya Wilcox, full-time temporary Clerical Worker, North Campus Outreach Services, effective April 30 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.