Information Technology Articles

Beginning this fall, a bachelor's degree in web and interactive media an innovative melding of information technology and the visual arts will be available at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A new four-year major in the fast-growing field of gaming and simulation will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology the first public institution in the commonwealth with such an undergraduate degree beginning this fall.

Faculty from Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for students during the fall semester. Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M.

A librarian and a professor of computer science at Pennsylvania College of Technology jointly released a research paper at the 2010 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing. Tracey Amey, librarian for digital initiatives at the college's Madigan Library, and Asesh K.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold a commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 18, for the 380 students who have petitioned to graduate following the Fall 2010 semester. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker is Eric D.

Twenty-four students and three chaperones from Berks Career and Technology Center visited Pennsylvania College of Technology on Wednesday, getting tailor-made exposure to the hands-on core of the institution's reputation. The personalized instruction came courtesy of Bahram Golshan, an associate professor of computer science, and had its roots in a request to Penn College's Admissions Office.

Members of a family well-known in the Williamsport area business community have established another scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. George E. and Patricia B. Girio and Joseph T. and Cheryl B. Girio recently established the Girio Family Scholarship Fund at Penn College.

A game created by a Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been accepted for sale as an Apple iPhone application. Available through the iPhone App Store under the name "WebCC," the puzzle game (which promises hours of "dodging dangerous monsters, making bridges or collecting computer chips") is the work of Kevin S.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies recently helped a regional computer club traverse the often-overwhelming terrain of technological innovation. Daniel W. Yoas, an assistant professor of computer information technology, met with members of Susquehanna SeniorNet during one of their meetings at James V. Brown Library.

Seven students and three faculty members representing Pennsylvania College of Technology's information technology majors attended the 15th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, held April 16 at Connecticut's University of Hartford. Three of the students David Schor, of Breinigsville; Gregory T. Poler, of Danville; and Michael F.