One of the longest-running instructional programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology – and one of the oldest continuous automotive programs in the nation – celebrated its 100th anniversary Friday in the Parkes Automotive Technology Center.
Contributions to Penn College – some monetary, others in-kind ... and all of them crucial to students obtaining "degrees that work" – were celebrated at Wednesday’s 10th annual Donor Wall Recognition Reception in the Student and Administrative Services Center.
Penn College welcomed Open House guests for a Saturday full of activities and information about the diverse "degrees that work" offered on its campuses.
President Davie Jane Gilmour joins (from left) Thomas P. Veres, of Scarsdale, N.Y.; Leonardo Tejeda, of New Rochelle, N.Y.; and Anthony V. Rode, of Lords Valley; prior to Friday's Red Cross Heroes Breakfast at The Genetti Hotel.
The Tiadaghton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution has presented Pennsylvania College of Technology with a Certificate of Commendation for its display of the American flag at the college’s main entrance off Maynard Street in Williamsport. A plaque and a letter of commendation were delivered to Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour and retired Senior Vice President William J.
"What's your favorite David Niven movie?" John Ratzenberger asked an audience of Penn College students Thursday, quickly proving that celebrity – even for an Oscar-winning box-office king of the 1940 and '50s – lasts about a generation at best. "It's not the actors, it's not the sports stars," he said. "They're just a little piece of the icing on the cake.
President Gilmour joins lineup at "Hot Stove" event. In her capacity as chair of the Little League International Board of Directors, Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour attended Monday's Williamsport Crosscutters Hot Stove Banquet. The annual charity event, held at The Genetti Hotel, helps eager baseball fans get through the seemingly interminable months before major-league Opening Day.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett made a Tuesday visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood, where – surrounded by the workforce of tomorrow, embodied by diesel technology and on-site power generation majors – he presented a 73-page resource guide designed to attract business and industry investors to the energy-rich commonwealth.
For the past century, Pennsylvania College of Technology and its predecessors filled a unique position in higher education, focused on applied technology and emerging workforce needs. Throughout 2014, the college invites alumni and the public to join the campus community in celebrating milestones of its first 100 years and exploring the future of technology and society.
Beginning a year that celebrates the institution's history while defining its future, President Davie Jane Gilmour opened the Spring 2014 semester – and Penn College's centennial – with an all-college address to faculty and staff. “It is all of us today – each of us in this room – who will determine how the beginning of the next 100 years is remembered," she said Friday morning.
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