Faculty & Staff Articles

Career Services' Etiquette Dinners take the mystery out of fine dining. Amid tables topped with a confusing assortment of plates, glassware and utensils, guest services attendant Ann L. Lukowsky puts student diners at ease. Well-fed (and even more well-mannered) by evening's end, students fill the PDC for an Etiquette Dinner. Carter J.

Dental hygiene students Erica N. Wenrich, of Enola, and Lacey Decker, of Emporium, check for signs of oral cancer. The caring work of student Faith M. Matthews, of King of Prussia, gets a thumbs-up. Wenrich (left) and Decker join screening client Shannon L. Skaluba, student organization specialist, on the Bush Campus Center patio.

All lined up and ready to work Work completed, safety restored Spring projects are in full bloom for Pennsylvania College of Technology's concrete science and building construction technology students, who recently completed several improvements at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood and the institution's General Services building along Reach Road.

Soon-to-be graduates in architecture and sustainable design celebrated the culmination of their education by showcasing projects that embody the many influences at the foundation of their rigorously earned bachelor's degrees.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students and staff showed support for the local community by volunteering their time this past Saturday at the Lycoming County SPCA's annual Paws Run. The Paws Run, which takes place in South Williamsport Community Park and Little League Complex, draws between 300 to 400 participants annually and is the nonprofit’s second-largest fundraiser each year.

Healthy hands-on engagement stirred in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Bush Campus Center last week as the first Wildcat Wellness Fair shared a wide range of self-care activities. A collaboration of the new Positive Psychology (PSY410) class and Counseling Services, the event filled the CC lobby, stretched down a hallway and poured out onto the portico facing the campus mall.

Young minds (and the busy hands that accompany them) were thoroughly spellbound at Thursday's Science Festival in the Field House, where area elementary and middle school students and their families stepped into an astonishing STEM playground.

Students eyeing careers in applied technology – particularly the manufacturing, health care and energy components of the American workforce – got authoritative guidance during a Pennsylvania College of Technology-hosted roundtable on April 7.

Tom Speicher engages with children while reading “A Week With Waffles.” Children listen closely as Megan E. Rogers reads “Meet Mason.” Rogers signs a child’s copy of “Meet Mason.” Children – with the help of Valerie L. Vonada, an assistant group leader – feel the Braille lettering in one of Mason’s books, shared by Rogers for the event. Girls listen closely to hear what Waffles will do next.

The public is invited to register K-12 children and join in a tree-planting from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood. Participants will help plant 400 trees at the event, which is sponsored by the college in conjunction with Girl Scouts of the USA's "Tree Promise" movement.