Faculty & Staff Articles

Students supplement classroom assignments with museum field trip. Thirty-two Penn College students and guests traveled Saturday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. They were accompanied by Malinda C. Love, assistant director of student activities for diversity and cultural life, and Tom A. Zimmerman, associate professor of psychology (who also provided the photo).

Daniel S. Bishop, of Perkasie, was one of three classmates to publicly discuss the college's automotive restoration technology major. The chassis of a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport (pictured here in a campus lab), was on display. The AACA event's prestigious reputation is evidenced by Chuck Cantwell, a project manager on the iconic Carroll Shelby Mustangs, who was also on the agenda.

Tracey Amey has been appointed director of The Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Amey began her duties in January. Previously, she was employed as librarian for access initiatives at the college. “Tracey will bring expertise, leadership and vision to our library, and we look forward to great things under her leadership,” said Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour.

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. Leslie M. Erickson, regular part-time Dining Services Worker III, effective Jan. 31 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

Frank Calvin Grenoble Sr., a 25-year member of the building construction faculty at Williamsport Technical Institute and Williamsport Area Community College, Penn College’s predecessor institutions, died Wednesday, Jan. 23.

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. Terry Smith, regular part-time Dining Services Worker I, effective Jan. 22 Only new college hires and employees transferring from one internal position to another in certain situations are reported.

Penn College's contributions to the 97th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, satisfying academic curiosity and culinary cravings, are featured in the latest addition to the college's YouTube channel.

Vinay Bahl, associate professor of sociology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been appointed to serve as an external examiner for a South African university study. The Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, appointed Bahl as the external examiner for a master’s degree study for 2013.

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. Ashli D. Nau, regular part-time Waitstaff, Le Jeune Chef, School of Hospitality, effective Jan. 18 Frank V. Albano, regular part-time temporary Energy Management Technician Intern, General Services, beginning Jan.

As Pennsylvania College of Technology draws ever nearer to the January 2014 start of its centennial year, President Davie Jane Gilmour said the "common history we create hour by hour, day after day" will carry the campus community through the changes, challenges and opportunities of the coming months.