Faculty & Staff Articles

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor recently published an essay and was chosen to read papers at conferences for international organizations. Mark D. Noe, professor of English and composition, published an essay titled "Cather's 'O Pioneers!'" in the Spring 2006 issue of The Explicator.

Dennis R. Dorward, an associate professor of building construction management at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently earned a doctorate from the Indiana State University. Dorward, whose research was in construction project scheduling, was awarded a Ph.D. in technology management with a construction management specialization.

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: Holly Schon , Snack Bar Operator, Wrapture, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, starting Aug. 28 Adam Vasalinda , Snack Bar Operator, Earth Science Center, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, effective Aug. 24

William Ma, professor of mathematics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently had a research paper "Euclidean Properties of Hyperbolic Polar Coordinates" published in an international, peer-reviewed journal. Ma's paper appears in Computational Methods and Function Theory, Volume 6, 2006. The journal, which publishes original research papers in complex analysis, is issued annually.

Information Technology Services reminds faculty of its "bubble-test" scanning services and three stand-alone test scanners available across campus.Faculty wishing to take advantage of ITS scanning services can bring completed General Purpose Answer sheets to the Computer Center (SASC, Room 2072) between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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: Christopher Rolley , Admissions Representative, Admissions Office, starting Aug. 28 Joseph Plummer , Lab Assistant for Horticulture, (180-Day Calendar), School of Natural Resources Management, effective Aug.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor recently presented a paper at the Pennsylvania Economic Association's annual conference. Abdul B. Pathan, professor of economics, presented a paper titled "Using Current Events to Teach Principles of Economics." The paper will be published later this year in the conference proceedings.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has hired Suzanne T. Stopper as associate vice president for business affairs/controller. Stopper, who begins her duties Sept. 6, will be the chief accounting officer for Penn College, administering all accounting, financial record-keeping, cash management and investment, and budget functions.

(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during an Aug. 17 all-college meeting tobegin the 2006-07 academic year.) Good morning and welcome to the 2006-07 academic year. I am not certain about all of you, but to consider we are halfway to the year 2007 is rather exciting, a bit daunting and, yet, in some ways, amazing.

Congratulations go out to the winners in the big Annual Fund Employee Campaign prize drawing: Grand Prize Stained-glasspicture (Black-Eyed Susans),created and donated by Penn College faculty member Keith WhiteselIrv Siegel First Prize 2006-07 membership to the Fitness Center, donated by Penn College AthleticsSteve Wallace SecondPrize "Floral Morning," a signed, numbered and framed print by artist