Faculty & Staff Articles

Six students in baking, pastry and culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently completed summer internships that provided a wealth of real-world learning with Hershey Entertainment & Resorts. Among them is Nataly Acosta, a culinary arts technology student from Shillington.

Kowalewski listens to feedback during his interactive staff presentation. Replicating the career-building advice and opportunities that Penn College's industry partners regularly offer students, one of the institution's steadfast corporate colleagues held a professional development session for staff this past week.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor who umpired the T-Mobile Little League Home Run Derby Championship on Aug. 25 had his eyes on more than the ball – he was also appreciating the history of baseball and the social impact the game has on children and communities.

FedEx Freight donated a 2014 Kenworth T680 semi-trailer truck to Pennsylvania College of Technology to facilitate hands-on learning in diesel courses. Students will benefit from the donation for regeneration and emissions testing in courses such as Diesel Electronic Fuels: Systems, Operation & Diagnostics; and Vehicle Electronics/Diagnostic Procedures. Mark E.

Three degree programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

The campus community will get an advance look at the Penn College episode of "The College Tour" – a half-hour installment of the series' fifth season, debuting soon on Amazon Prime – when it premieres at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium. Can't attend in person? Catch the livestream from the ACC on YouTube.

A pair of construction management graduates, impressively carrying campus credibility into their professional lives, returned Monday to talk with students. Wayne R. Sheppard, assistant professor, arranged for the visit by Zachary J. Kravitz, '20, an assistant project manager for IMC Construction, and Matthew R. Sarver, '04, a vice president at Gilbane Building Co.

As Pennsylvania College of Technology student Bryan M. Bilbao, of Old Forge, sat in a hospital room with his aging grandmother near the end of her life, he noticed a difference in the way health care professionals interacted with her.

Following a pandemic hiatus that seemed to last longer than its comparably brief span, Penn College excitedly welcomed visitors Monday to a campus picnic: the leadoff to the diamond anniversary of the Little League Baseball® World Series (Aug. 17-28).

Penn College’s Chef Mike S. Dinan, sous chef in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant; Chef Frank M. Suchwala, associate professor of hospitality management/culinary arts; Chef Todd M.