Faculty & Staff Articles

Mark J. Leo has been appointed director of dining services by Pennsylvania College of Technology. Leo, who began his duties Jan. 8, comes to Penn College from American Dining Creations, where he had been employed since 2000. Most recently, he was district manager for the company’s Mid-Atlantic Region, managing 22 corporate accounts.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Mark J. Leo, full-time Director of Dining Services, effective Jan. 7 Kristi A. Collins, full-time Assistant Director, Physician Assistant Program, School of Nursing & Health Sciences; starting Jan. 7 David E.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Fall 2018 commencement on Saturday, Dec. 22, in the Community Arts Center, bringing down the curtain − as winter officially arrives and the new year nears − on another season of academic success.

Destined to make the holidays merrier for local boys and girls, gifts await pickup near the Student Activities Office. Gadalla, an aviation maintenance technology major from Mechanicsburg, shuttles the colorful bounty to a transport cart ... ... and helps Steve Wenzel, gym coordinator at The Salvation Army, during the load-in.

Throngs of visitors will soon converge on Harrisburg to celebrate the commonwealth’s agricultural prominence, and Pennsylvania College of Technology students and employees will be there to help honor the event’s 2019 theme of “Inspiring Pennsylvania’s Story.” School of Business & Hospitality majors from Penn College take part in a Student Cooking Challenge at the 2018 Pennsylvania Farm Show.

Two papers presented by Pennsylvania College of Technology employees at the annual conference of the Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Association International were selected “Best Session Paper” and will be invited to be published in the Journal of Business Leadership.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Dora L. Schell and Amber N. Wilt, regular part-time Dining Services Workers III, beginning Dec. 17 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

Apropos the hands-on education in their school of choice, Penn College students were granted access to real-world equipment. Students and faculty oblige their hosts for a fun photo op. Penn College construction majors traveled to Malvern this month for an eye-opening perspective on the commercial concrete industry. Instructors Franklin H. Reber and Harry W. Hintz Jr.

Second-semester students seeking an associate degree in electrical technology at Penn College installed electrical service to Lime Bluff Recreation Area in Hughesville throughout the fall semester.

Students from South Williamsport Junior/Senior High School use a “Tower of Hanoi” to learn the foundations of computational thinking – which requires no computer. High school students draw paths for their Ozobots. Alicia McNett, instructor of computer information technology, offers encouragement to a group of students from Milton High School. Spyke M.