Faculty & Staff Articles

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. Amy L. Boyer, full-time Clinical Supervisor, Radiography, School of Nursing & Health Sciences; starting Sept. 24 Gina A. Matrey, regular part-time Custodian/Floater (third shift), General Services; effective Sept.

Furthering an impressive track record of civic involvement on Wednesday, Penn College student-athletes assisted with moving books from James V. Brown Library to Pine Street United Methodist Church for this weekend's Friends of the Library book sale. The fall tradition is scheduled from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the 444 Pine St. church.

Penn College is participating in Welcoming Week (Sept. 14-23), a national appreciation of international students and their collective contributions to campus culture.

With microphones in hand, Sinclair and Chappo encourage thoughtful dialogue in Penn's Inn. Pocket editions of the U.S. Constitution are front and center, reminding today's citizens of its ongoing relevance. A veteran of issue-driven campus forums, Miller keeps the conversation flowing. A library display includes facts, giveaways ... and a laptop for self-service voter signup.

A 1926 Ford Model T, traded to Alexander Nissan in 2013 by its Picture Rocks owner, has been passed on to Pennsylvania College of Technology students for use in a variety of automotive labs. Blaise Alexander Family Dealerships donated the historic vehicle that was recently offloaded onto main campus, accompanied by brothers Adam and Aubrey Alexander.

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. Brandi M. Metzger, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, effective Sept. 21 Monique N.Beamer, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, beginning Sept. 20 Maria A. Richter and Amanda K.

Joshua A. Bower has been named director of the physician assistant program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Bower is a certified physician assistant, licensed to practice in Pennsylvania. His primary focus is in ophthalmology. Prior to joining the Penn College staff in August, he was a physician assistant for six years at the Eye Center of Central PA.

A school assignment required 9-year-old Trevin Allen to write about his dream. Rather than being a famous athlete, musician or movie star, the youngster expressed a desire to work as a computer designer in the plastics industry for SEKISUI SPI, which employs his father, Lucas L., a 2001 Penn College graduate in building construction technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has named Randy J. Zangara dean of college transitions and first year initiatives. As dean, Zangara is responsible for coordinating and aligning first-year programs and services and the development of a collegewide retention plan.

Donors were in the spotlight at two recent Bush Campus Center events: a Sept. 5-6 blood drive in memory of Patrick M. Breen, a longtime General Services employee who died June 25 at the age of 58, and a Sept. 5 "Be the Match" effort to find compatible volunteers for bone-marrow donations or cord-blood transfusions. Mindy J. Colony, first-shift custodian, and Charles J.