The Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology served as the perfect setting for a visit Wednesday by Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh, as she announced important child care policy priorities. “I can’t imagine a nicer place for a child to receive early learning than this one,” Secy. Arkoosh said, as she toured Penn College’s child care facility. “The enthusiasm is evident when you walk through the door.”
Stephen R. Cheskiewicz won’t be on the field during championship weekend this August at the Little League Baseball World Series, but he might be more excited than those who will. The Pennsylvania College of Technology associate professor is a board member of the Wilkes-Barre-based program that will play in the Challenger Division Exhibition Game.
While horses sprinted across the finish line at Churchill Downs, baking, culinary and business students – accompanied by faculty chefs Amanda L. Farr-Lepper and Charles Niedermyer and several members of Le Jeune Chef’s staff – were running a culinary marathon.
WVIA’s “ArtScene with Erika Funke” spotlights the summer exhibition in The Gallery at Penn College in this interview with Penny Griffin Lutz, gallery director, and two of the artists featured in “Five Artists: Explorations & Conversations.” On display through July 24, the exhibition featured a reception on Sunday.
Graphic design students from Pennsylvania College of Technology are concluding a highly successful 2024-25 season of national design awards. Capturing 32 awards in five competitions, the results spotlight the caliber of the college’s Bachelor of Science degree in graphic design.
Their classes for the spring semester ended last month, but 14 Pennsylvania College of Technology students face a big test June 12-15. They will be competing against 101 other schools at Baja SAE Maryland.
Penn College's Residence Life celebrated its 2024-25 resident assistants at a year-end banquet, held in the Thompson Professional Development Center. Also honored were two longtime staff who are joining the retiree ranks.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has named John A. Pecchia as its new assistant dean of diesel technology and natural resources. Pecchia comes to Penn College from Penn State, where he most recently held three concurrent roles: associate research professor, director of graduate studies for the Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department, and director of the Mushroom Research Center.
Jill M. Thomas, a former adjunct mathematics faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology, died May 29 at the age of 68. Thomas was employed at Penn College from 2003 to 2012. She was honored with the college’s Part-Time Teaching Excellence award in 2004. In addition to her math role, she held part-time positions as a test center proctor and lead test center proctor.
Kiewit held a Signing Day at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center recently, celebrating seven students who will be interning with the Fortune 500 construction and engineering leader in seven different states.
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