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The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has reaffirmed accreditation for Pennsylvania College of Technology and commended the college for the quality of its 2012 Self-Study process. Penn College, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University, received notice that its accreditation was reaffirmed at a Commission session held June 28.

(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a May 10 all-college meeting to end the Spring 2012 semester) Good morning. Whether translated as a blessing or a curse, the proverb, “May you live in interesting times” certainly applies to 2011-12 at Penn College.

Student teams from three area secondary schools will share $1,000 to fund civic projects they proposed during Pennsylvania College of Technology's second annual Youth Leadership Program.

The Children's Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been named for retiring Penn College Board of Directors Chairman Robert E. Dunham and his wife, Maureen. A surprise unveiling took place at the center after Thursday's board of directors meeting at the college. Dunham is stepping down as board chairman in June.

Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour gamely kept her end of a charitable bargain Tuesday afternoon, kissing a cow in the parking lot of the Student and Administrative Services Center. The president was the voters' favorite during the $350 fundraiser for the Alternative Spring Break community-service initiative, which this year took students to Heifer International in Arkansas.

A Boeing 727-200F aircraft from FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) made its final descent Wednesday onto the runway at the Williamsport Regional Airport. Celebration of this landing and tremendously generous donation to Pennsylvania College of Technology took place at the college's Lumley Aviation Center. A tour of the aircraft followed its arrival.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's community relations efforts during the Little League World Series were honored with a gold award from the Higher Education Marketing Report.

Faculty, staff and students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies – with additional support from departments across campus – hosted more than 350 high school students during the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge State Robotics Championship in the Field House on Saturday.

(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during an all-college meeting on Feb. 21) Good afternoon.

Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour has been chosen to serve as a commissioner for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, an association accrediting more than 500 colleges and universities in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and selected locations abroad.