Faculty & Staff Articles

President Davie Jane Gilmour welcomes employees, retirees, students and community members to the grand finale of the college's Centennial celebration. Afterward, admittedly near-speechless in admiration, she said the documentary reflects a passion for the institution and a responsibility to build upon its legacy.

John J. Messer (center), assistant professor of Web and interactive media, with students The Jan. 5 death of John J. Messer, an assistant professor of web and interactive media and a Penn College faculty member since January 2002, has been announced by the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications.

The Spring 2015 schedule of bus trips has been announced by the Student Activities Office. Snow Tubing Ski Sawmill Family Resort Saturday, Jan. 31 Students, $15 (includes bus ride and two hours of tubing) Tanger Outlets and Tropicana Casino Atlantic City, N.J. Saturday, Feb. 14 Students, $25 (on sale Jan. 27) Faculty/Staff, $40 (on sale Feb. 3) Cherry Blossom Festival Washington, D.C.

Joseph J. Balduino, director of recruitment, welcomes FBLA Region 7 Leadership Conference participants to the Penn College campus. Wayne R. Sheppard, assistant professor of building construction management and one of the day’s event judges, encourages students to look into not only business degrees, but specialized business degrees. – Brian D.

"Voices" conference open to Penn College community Penn College faculty/staff and students are invited to attend Voices, a networking and professional development conference hosted annually since 2005 by the Penn State Graduate Women in Science. This year's event, themed "On Success and Adversity," will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at The Atherton Hotel in State College.

Two alumni of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s immediate predecessor institution have established a scholarship honoring Daniel J. Doyle, professor emeritus of history and a former administrator at the college. Darryl and Dawn (Wahler) Kehrer, both 1972 liberal arts graduates of Williamsport Area Community College, have endowed a scholarship in honor of Doyle.

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. Nancy E. Wood, full-time Director of Physical Therapist Assistant, School of Health Sciences; effective Jan. 5 Sherry L.

And then there were three. Chef Charles R. Niedermyer II, an instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts at Penn College, will compete in Providence, Rhode Island, in March for a spot on the American team at the 2016 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held its Winter Commencement on Saturday at Williamsport's Community Arts Center, honoring Fall 2014 graduates  and ringing down the curtain on a yearlong 100th-anniversary celebration.

A "most engaging" class gathers 'round its instructor. Jennifer L. McCracken celebrates with four of five students with unblemished attendance in her FYE class. From left are Justin C. Zetwick, a machine tool technology major from Rixford; Luke S. Orzechowski, of Newtown, studying plastics and polymer technology; Bradley R.