Faculty & Staff Articles

Employees who have made donations to Penn College over the past 18 months were the guests of honor at a reception in the Thompson Professional Development Center on Monday. The Institutional Advancement Office hosted the reception to say "Thank you" to employees who have donated to the Annual Fund, the Madigan Library Campaign and other fund-raising initiatives.

Jill S. Landesberg-Boyle, vice president for student affairs at Pennsylvania College of Technology since 2003, is leaving to become president of Florida Keys Community College. Landesberg-Boyle will begin her new duties on June 1; she will replace William A. Seeker, who is scheduled to retire this summer. Penn College is launching a national search for a successor.

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: J. Michael Richards , Web Designer, College Information & Community Relations, effective March 26

William Ma, professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, wrote a paper that was published recently in the book "Quasiconformal Mappings and their Applications." The book contains 13 main lectures from the International Workshop on Quasiconformal Mappings and their Applications, held Dec. 27, 2005, to Jan. 1, 2006, at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

Taking some of their spring break time to catch up with emerging network communications technologies, Jeff B. Weaver, assistant professor, and Stan G. Boler, associate professor, both faculty in the electronics and computer engineering technology department, visited the Cisco New England Development Center in Boxborough, Mass.

Full-time and regular part-time employees now can use the "View My Vacation, Sick, Personal Leave" option to submit new Leave Requests. On the Leave Summary page, click on the button labeled "Request Leave" to view all of your current requests or to add a request.

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: Diane Steppe , Snack Bar Operator, Wrapture, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, starting March 5

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: Matthew Haile , Network Specialist, Network Services/Information Technology Services, beginning March 5 Brenda Kropp, Special Needs Assistant, (Temporary), Children's Learning Center,effective Feb. 27

Abdul B. Pathan, professor of economics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently presented a paper at the 18th annual conference on "Teaching Economics, Instruction and Classroom Based Research." Pathan presented his paper, "Make Economics Interesting to Students by Using Real-Life Examples," to about 75 participants, all faculty members from colleges and universities around the country.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's drafting and computer aided design department recently passed an eight-hour examination to become a Certified SolidWorks Professional. Jeffrey D. Mather became one of 23 professionals in Pennsylvania to earn Certified SolidWorks Professional status when he took the test during the SolidWorks World 2007 User Conference and Exposition Feb.