Faculty & Staff Articles

In the latest episode of Penn College’s “Tomorrow Makers” podcast, instructor Kendra N. Tomassacci enlightens listeners on the college’s engineering design technology and engineering CAD technology degrees.

Alison A. Diehl, vice president for workforce development at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was named to City & State Pennsylvania’s 2025 "Who’s Who in Labor" list.

Season five of Penn College’s “Tomorrow Makers” podcast kicked off recently with Kaysey Beury, coordinator of student success solutions in the college’s Michael J. Hudock Sr. Center for Academic Excellence. This conversation, “First-Generation Student Success,” is for all those who want to know more about the support systems available to Penn College students.

Over the weekend, Penn College Police officer Jeffrey E. Kriner was among local law enforcement personnel taking part in a special back-to-school tradition. He joined officers from the Williamsport Bureau of Police, Pennsylvania State Police and Lycoming County Sherriff’s Office to partner with 10 local students for the third annual “Shop With a Cop” event at Target.

Keith Vanderlin, retired assistant professor of graphic design and photography, has collaborated with naturalist Chris Slesar to create a series of photographs that synthesize art and science and, more specifically, blends nature and photography. The collection – “Photogenic Drawings” – will be on exhibit through Sept. 30 in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Business, Arts & Sciences recently held an Active Thinking & Learning Math Professional Day for full-time and adjunct math faculty. Local high school math teachers also were in attendance for the workshop, which was led by Trey Cox, a veteran mathematics educator with 39 years of teaching experience spanning middle school, high school and college in Illinois and Arizona.

As part of a partnership that dates to the excavation of Lamade Stadium in 1959, the Little League Baseball World Series yields hands-on learning activities for Penn College students. In just the series' first four days, photographers captured the activities of paramedic, baking & culinary, and welding students.

Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomes 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2025-26 academic year.

The 14th episode of “WildCast,” a podcast produced by Penn College Athletics, features head baseball coach Chris Howard.

WBRE-TV’s Sydney Kostus arrived on campus before sunrise Tuesday morning to do live interviews with Penn College faculty and staff who played key roles with the globe project for Little League International.