Faculty & Staff Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted about 130 high school students on Dec. 4 as part of the international “Hour of Code” initiative. Hour of Code is a global movement by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org, reaching tens of millions of students in more than 180 countries through a one-hour introduction to computer science and computer programming.

Jennifer R. Wahl, a world history and psychology teacher at Loyalsock Township High School, has been named the Pennsylvania 2018 Teacher of the Year. Wahl, who is also an adjunct faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology, teaching psychology and sociology classes, received the honor on Monday during the Department of Education’s annual professional development conference. Jennifer R.

Michael R. Robison, an aviation instructor at Penn College, also happens to be a competitive glider pilot. Robison is a member of the U.S. Soaring Team and will compete for the third time at the World Championships in the Czech Republic this summer.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Dec. 16, for the nearly 300 Pennsylvania College of Technology students who have petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2017 semester. The ceremony will start at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. More than 225 students are expected to march in the proceedings.

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. Krystal K. Bailey, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, effective Dec. 4 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

Regina M. Peluzzo (left), of Philadelphia, a civil engineering technology major, and Jennifer L. Nicholson, an applied health studies: radiography concentration major from Lock Haven, find just the right spot for a special ornament. Beaver strung hundreds of stars onto wire for easier decoration this year ... ... and Efrem K.

President Davie Jane Gilmour and Caleb E. Cartmell (background), of Honesdale, president of the Student Government Association and an automotive technology management major, deliver holiday goodwill. Williamsport cousins Rebecca L. Helminiak (left), an occupational therapy assistant student, and Jane C. Mertes, an applied management major, pose inside an oversized, inflatable snow globe ... ...

With the holidays approaching and the semester coming to a close, the campus community is reminded to get rid of old and unused prescriptions and medications when they "clean up and clean out." Faculty, staff and students can dispose of outdated or unneeded pharmaceuticals year-round at Penn College Health Services (Bush Campus Center, Room 105) from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Reed and Strickland pass the Community Cup to the college president … ... who showcased it in her office reception area. A ceramic sign of hard work and athletic energy, the Community Cup was presented to Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour on Tuesday morning by Michael J. Reed, dean of sciences, humanities and visual communications, and Carolyn R.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing student was granted a scholarship to attend the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Association of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Janessa L. Kosmer, of Coal Township, was awarded the association’s Student Nurse Scholarship to PeriAnesthesia PRIDE, an event held near Pittsburgh in early October.