Faculty & Staff Articles

A memorial service will be scheduled for Irwin H. Siegel, 2005 recipient of Penn College's Master Teacher Award and a retired professor of business administration/business law, who died Sunday, April 12, at age 66. Siegel, a faculty member from 1998 through the 2007-08 academic year, also was honored with an Excellence in Teaching Award in 2001.

It wasn't remotely on his mind while taking a Mechanical Systems I class in Fall 2011, but a Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus/employee's plumbing and pipe-fitting skills resulted in fabrication of framework for five EMS airway hoods to be used at Geisinger Medical Center. A frame for an EMS airway hood comes together in Gillis' workshop. Franklin D.

Michael J. Reed, vice president for academic affairs/provost at Pennsylvania College of Technology, is sponsoring an annual scholarship to empower students who are passionate about hands-on, applied technology education.

This semester’s Penn College ceramics students missed out on making bowls for Williamsport’s annual Soup and a Bowl event, an important fundraiser for the Central PA Food Bank. The campus community can help those students leave their legacy, however, by filling a virtual empty bowl with an online shopping trip to the food bank by May 8.

A discussion of diversity, to be conducted via Zoom, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, April 20. Craig A. Miller, associate professor of history/political science, will moderate the exploration of issues surrounding race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality on campus.

As the NCAA observes Division III week, spotlighting positive recognition of student-athletes outside of their typical sporting environments, PCToday shares this flashback to a recent example of Wildcat outreach. Among the guest readers at Lycoming Valley Intermediate School during last month's Read Across America Week were Penn College student-athletes and faculty.

A trade between educators at Pennsylvania College of Technology and the Central Columbia School District is a “win” for health-care workers and an elderly mother during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric K.

Members of the campus community gather in the LEC Loop for last year's Pride Week kickoff. Undeterred by social distancing, the Office of Student Engagement has organized a weeklong menu of virtual activities to mark Penn College's sixth annual Pride Week.

Enrollment Management has announced the schedule for the Spring and Summer 2020 Commencement exercises, combined into four ceremonies over two days (Aug. 7-8). The updated information was provided in a Wednesday message to students from Carolyn R.

Chef Charles R. Niedermyer II, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts, was interviewed for the cover story in the March/April issue of Bake magazine. A two-time Penn College alumnus and a faculty member since 2005, Niedermyer was among the professionals assessing what the future holds for desserts and pastries.