Faculty & Staff Articles

Nearly 30 Penn College students, including fraternity brothers and Wildcat athletes, joined the Community Arts Center volunteer corps for comedian Bert Kreischer's Thursday performance at the historic downtown venue. Volunteers, including dozens of Penn College students, assemble in the Community Arts Center lobby at last week's Bert Kreischer show.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Chef Charles R. Niedermyer recently presented two sessions for retail confectioners at the Philadelphia Candy Expo & Seminar Conference. Penn College baking & pastry arts students M.J. Harbron, of Pottstown, and Amber R. Harris, of Sciota, also participated, helping with setup and execution of each of the event’s seminars.

A Saturday social was among highlights of the 2023 Wildcat Wrestling Alumni, Friends & Family Day at Penn College. The celebration began with three dual meets in Bardo Gymnasium, followed by a Tex-Mex buffet (and a full menu of recognition and reminiscence) in the Thompson Professional Development Center. – Photos by Tom Wilson, writer/editor-PCToday    

Nesli Alp (standing at left) enjoys her interaction with students at Wednesday's SGA Town Hall. Penn College's vice president for academic affairs/provost was the special guest for Wednesday night's Student Government Association Town Hall in the Bush Campus Center. Nesli Alp spoke with students during a well-attended Q&A session in Penn's Inn, addressing a number of relevant issues.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors on Thursday gave the green light to develop a post-master’s certificate in nursing education, accepted the financial audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and approved changes to positions for two senior administrators. Also during the meeting, state Sen. Gene Yaw, who serves as board chair, presented Penn College Police Lt.

Under the watchful eyes of Webb (center) and Keating, Shatto demonstrates use of the RobotStudio software on the college’s YuMi dual-arm robot. ABB Robotics’ donation of more than $400,000 worth of industrial software brought WNEP-TV’s Chris Keating to Penn College's main campus on Thursday. Keating prepared a segment that premiered on Newswatch 16 at 5 p.m., featuring interviews with Bradley M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology Police Lt. David C. Pletz on Thursday was presented with a citation from the state Senate for his actions in the line of duty in September, when he was fired upon while responding to an off-campus incident on Vine Avenue. The citation, presented during a Penn College Board of Directors meeting, was sponsored by state Sen.

Applications are being accepted for the Steve A. Garban Grant-In-Aid at Penn State, for which Pennsylvania College of Technology students are eligible.

Dylan C. Godinez, a May graduate in engineering design technology, recently shared a five-minute video that he taped and edited as part of his responsibilities at The Garage Shop. "This is one of my current projects at the shop involving 3D scanning and SolidWorks weldments for a Land Speed Corvette," he said in an email to program faculty, providing the link embedded below.

Making their way on a crisp winter day Cowher (left), Martz and friends, en route to the Bush Campus Center Each “cart group” took turns going up and down in the CC elevator and waving at each other. Delight captured! Up, up ... and a wave! No matter the season ... and no matter what the groundhog says ...