Faculty & Staff Articles

An associate professor of business administration at Pennsylvania College of Technology was a presenter at a recent Pennsylvania Economic Association conference, during which he also was elected to the organization's board of directors. Gerald D.

(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a Sept. 12 campus celebration kicking off the 365-day countdown to dedication of the Roger and Peggy Madigan Library.) Welcome to Penn College home of the new Roger and Peggy Madigan Library!

Mark A. Trueman has been named director of the paramedic program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Trueman has been an instructor at Penn College since 2000. In addition to teaching in the college's School of Health Sciences, he is employed part time with Susquehanna Health System as a staff paramedic and is a volunteer member of the Trout Run Fire Co.

Karen J. Elias, a part-time instructor of English at Pennsylvania College of Technology, had an essay published recently in an anthology. The essay, "Mirror," appears in "Under Her Skin: How Girls Experience Race in America," a collection of works edited by Pooja Makhijani and published by Seal Press.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member helped deliver $146,000 worth of sorely needed medicine and supplies to the hurricane-stricken Gulf Coast over the weekend. William P. "Scott" Welch, a diesel equipment technology instructor who routinely flies twice-weekly missions for His Wings Aviation Ministry, was part of a delivery to LSU Hospital in Baton Rouge , La.

Two courses in the noncredit Professional Productivity Series sponsored by Workforce Development and Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be offered in September. Leadership − Daily Habits for Effective Leaders Sept. 9-11 Leading, supervising and managing employees has become more critical in recent years.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology electronics professors participated recently in a two-day conference hosted by Cisco Systems Inc. Stanley G. Boler, associate professor, and Jeffrey B.

Edgar A. Hollingsworth, associate professor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing at Pennsylvania College of Technology, participated in a training conference recently in Canada.The conference, held at the University of Laval in Quebec, was hosted by the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education.

Jeffrey L. Rankinen, associate professor of electronics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, earned his doctorate in materials on Aug. 15 from The Pennsylvania State University.

Faculty are invited to participate in the Teachers Learning Community, a group of faculty from all areas of campus who gather on a monthly basis to engage in discussion on scholarly teaching, exchange ideas and gather feedback. This semester kicks off with a screening of the 2002 film " The Emperor's Club" at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1 in CAL, Room104. Everyone is invited.