Faculty & Staff Articles

Asesh K. Das, a professor of information technology in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies, recently presented a paper at the 10th IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) High Assurance Systems Engineering Symposium at the University of Texas in Dallas.

An associate professor of business administration at Pennsylvania College of Technology was among the presenters at the 64th Conference of the International Atlantic Economic Society held recently in Savannah, Ga. Gerald D.

Two staff members from Pennsylvania College of Technology's Outreach for K-12 Office recently offered a presentation at the 2007 national conference of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Programs. During the conference held Oct. 27-29 in Salt Lake City Jeannette F. Carter, director of Outreach for K-12, and Beverly A.

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. Among the latest additions: Melissa Smith , Secretary to Assistant Dean of Business and Computer Technologies, starting Nov. 12 Kathy Pfaff , Records Clerk/Dispatcher, (182-day calendar), Penn College Police, effective Nov.

Recently, Steven K. McCoy, coordinator of matriculation and retention for the School of Construction and Design Technologies, and Stacey C. Hampton, coordinator of matriculation and retention for the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, participated in the Frederick ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) College Fair held at the Bechtel Corp. in Frederick, Md.

A research article by Jeremiah C. Gee, assessment coordinator in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Integrated Studies, was published in the September/October 2007 issue of American Jails magazine, the official publication of the American Jail Association.

Abdul B. Pathan, professor of economics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently presented a paper at the 30th annual meeting of the Northeastern Association of Business, Economics and Technology. The paper, "Use of Real World Events to Teach Principles of Economics," will be published in the conference proceedings. The event was held Oct. 25-26 in State College.

Two workshops recognizing Disability Awareness Month "Assistive Technology: Facilitating Access Inside and Outside of the Classroom" and "Facilitating Communication With Students Who Are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing"were held this week on campus. In photo, School of Hospitality student Alyssa J. Giedroc explains an FM listening system to Peggy A. Barbour, Advisement Center specialist.

Two Penn College librarians gave a presentation during the Pennsylvania Library Association's annual conference, held Oct. 14-17 at The Penn Stater Conference Center. Georgia R. Laudenslager (at left in photo) and Tracey Amey delivered a "poster session" about an audio tour of the new Madigan Library that is available via podcast.

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Among the latest additions: Matthew David , Assistant Director, Library Services, Madigan Library, effective Nov. 12 Nicholas Timm , Food Service Worker, Campus Center, (Regular Part-Time), Food Services, starting Oct. 12