Faculty & Staff Articles

On this Veterans Day, PCToday pays tribute to the Pennsylvania College of Technology students, faculty and staff who have served (or continue to serve) the United States. Members of the campus community are encouraged to join in gratitude for the military service of these colleagues, who are among those we recognize through this voluntary honor roll: Students Jamie L.

Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour issued this statement Thursday: "The transition of leadership at Penn State is more than national news; it is an issue that strikes close to the hearts and minds of all of us at Pennsylvania College of Technology. "As educators, our lives are committed to nurturing young lives.

Veteran Community Theatre League performers Brian M. McKeon, assistant professor of biology at Penn College, and 2002 alumnus Keith A. Wagner (computer information technology: data communications and networking concentration) co-star in "Heaven Help Me," opening Friday at the 100 W. Third St. theater.

The hurdles in delivering a collaborative internal-communication system to a diverse campus population were addressed by a Pennsylvania College of Technology employee and three of her colleagues at the 2011 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Philadelphia. Wendy A.

The role of timber management in maintaining Penn's Woods will be discussed by Eric C. Easton, a forestry instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology, during the Fall 2011 Madigan Library Forum. The free public forum, "Timber Now and Then: The History of Timber Management in Pennsylvania," will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the library's second-floor reading loft.

Penn College history professor William J. Astore took his audience on an inspirational cinematic journey Monday night, offering "Last Scenes of a Cinephile" as the fourth annual speaker in the David London My Last Words Lecture Series.

An instructor in Pennsylvania College of Technology's diesel equipment technology department has been honored by the college and Caterpillar Inc. with the annual Pathfinder to Excellence award. Justin W.

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. Kathleen Wyland, transfer from casual part-time to regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, effective Oct.

A faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society. Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology, presented "Islamic Women's Attire and Identity Politics" during a session on Gender and Identity.

What does Clint Eastwood's "Pale Rider" have to teach us about living with a clear conscience? What can Humphrey Bogart's "Rick" in the movie "Casablanca" teach us about avoiding cynicism and recapturing idealism thought long lost? What can Chief Dan George in "Little Big Man" teach us about the sacredness of life?