Faculty & Staff Articles

Two faculty from the Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology department recently completed Tyco Electronics' Netconnect Act I and Act II, a two-course sequence covering the installation, certification and troubleshooting of copper and optical fiber premises cabling systems.

The results of a faculty survey, distributed when members of the Quality Through Assessment Committee presented updates during each academic school's first meeting in the fall, have been posted to the QTA Web site .

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology employees offered a presentation recently at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education annual conference in Philadelphia. Tina M. Evans-Simington, assistant professor of dental hygiene/applied health studies, and Jeremiah C.

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. Michael Allen, Faculty, Welding (temporary), Industrial and Engineering Technologies, effective Jan. 10 Dianne Eberle, Faculty, Nursing Program, Health Sciences, starting Jan.

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Jason Brewer, K-12 Project Manager, Outreach for K-12, (Temporary), starting Dec. 19 Denise Hiller, Food Service Worker, Susquehanna Room, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, effective Dec. 7

The new general manager at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus brings with him 20 years of management experience in the hospitality industry, including in some of the nation's most high-profile clubs. Einar H. Sigurdsson, a native of Iceland, took the helm at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant in mid-September.

An instructor of environmental technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology who has worked extensively to help American Indian tribes prepare for agricultural terrorism was an invited speaker at mid-October's winter meeting of the Tribal Pesticide Program Council in Park, Ariz. Steven R.

Pennsylvania College of Technology was well-represented at Autodesk University 2007, held Nov. 27-30 in Las Vegas. Autodesk University is the world's largest annual gathering of computer aided design and related professionals, with more than 10,000 working professionals, industry experts and Autodesk executives in attendance.

The December issue of Avionics News features a 2004 Penn College avionics graduate in the "Theory & Practice" column contributed by Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics. In his latest piece, "Can An 'Average' Student Become a Good Employee for the Avionics Industry?" Inman profiles Thomas B. Smith, now "shining brightly" at Landmark Aviation in Leesburg, Va.

Jeremiah C. Gee, assessment coordinator in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Integrated Studies, recently presented a 75-minute session at the 2007 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis.