Faculty & Staff Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology has hired the director for its newly formed LEAP (Learning, Evolving, Adapting, Preparing) Center, a dedicated first-year advising center modeled on current best practices in undergraduate retention.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has added to its leadership team with the appointment of two assistant deans for the School of Engineering Technologies. Kathleen D. Chesmel heads the school’s Materials Science and Engineering Technologies Division, and Ellyn A. Lester is doing the same for the Construction and Architectural Technologies Division.

A sunset gathering in West Virginia will be scheduled in memory of Pamela L. Starcher, Penn College's former director of nursing, who died Saturday, June 26. Hired as a full-time faculty member in August 1998, she assumed the director's position in June 1999 and retired 10 years later.

Penn College's "My Tomorrow" program (June 21-24 and June 28-July 1) opened middle-schoolers' minds to a variety of vocational possibilities through hands-on activities and faculty-led sessions.

Three Penn College head coaches – Geoff Hensley, men's basketball; Christa Matlack, women's soccer; and Tyler Mensch, men's soccer – will be inducted this fall into the Athletic Halls of Fame at their respective universities.

Considering a career in information technology? Meet Sandra Gorka, associate professor and department head for IT at Penn College, and get a glimpse of everything from gaming and simulation spaces to hands-on labs dedicated to cyber security, networking, database management and Linux systems.

Modular apprenticeships, characterized by Workforce Development’s executive director for business development as a "missing piece" in the employee training puzzle, are the focus of the second in a series of blog posts about Penn College's apprenticeship program. "The idea is to take a large apprenticeship program and segment it into modules that focus on common topical areas," Christopher P.

As if the industrious fulfillment of her proud Pennsylvania College of Technology days isn’t a sufficient bequest, Kate M. Ruggiero punctuated her academic performance with a larger-than-life mic drop: impressively taking the lead in repainting a single-engine Cessna 175C airplane donated to the Lumley Aviation Center eight years ago.

For some, retirement is a time for rest and relaxation. For Lisa Bock, it’s a time for writing books and giving back to her field. Bock recently authored her third book and second since retiring in May 2020 from a 17-year teaching career at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Thomas E. Ask, industrial design professor, tackles some of the most-asked online questions about this innovative and interdisciplinary career path in an informative video recently added to the college's YouTube channel. Whether it's a new product or a fresh twist on an old design, you'll learn how to bring design ideas to life.