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The Registrar's Office has released Pennsylvania College of Technology's lineup of Summer 2020 graduates. Commencement ceremonies were held Aug. 7-9 on campus to celebrate Spring 2020 and Summer 2020 grads. Summer 2020 Dean's List Mariah E. Aber, Bellefonte, Bachelor of Science, Nursing Justin M.

The Registrar's Office has released Pennsylvania College of Technology's roster of Spring 2020 graduates. Commencement ceremonies were held Aug. 7-9 on campus to celebrate Spring 2020 and Summer 2020 grads.

Three faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology were presented with Excellence in Teaching Awards at the start of the 2020-21 academic year. As part of the Distinguished Teaching Awards program at Penn College, President Davie Jane Gilmour presented Excellence in Teaching Awards to Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture; Barbara F.

The parental warning is etched in Lester Wrobel’s memory. In the midst of dropping him off at Pennsylvania College of Technology, his parents delivered a stark message before returning to their New Jersey home: “If you fail, head west, because we won’t be opening the door for you.” During the next few years, there were moments when Wrobel seemed destined for a westward journey.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently honored its Spring and Summer 2020 graduates with student achievement awards. The award winners, their hometowns and academic majors are: President’s Award, presented for leadership and service to the college: Alexandra Devon Petrizzi, Langhorne, graphic design. Board of Directors’ Award, presented for achievement under exceptional conditions: Nathan J.

Pennsylvania College of Technology held 15 in-person commencement ceremonies on Aug. 7-9 – two in the morning and three each afternoon – celebrating Spring and Summer 2020 graduates while adhering to state and federal health guidelines.

Sisters Kierstin N. Bathurst, of Jersey Shore, and Marissa L. Bathurst, of Linden, shared yet another experience when they marched across the stage at a Pennsylvania College of Technology commencement ceremony on Aug. 7.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physical therapist assistant Class of 2021 recently helped to plant 140 trees as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership. Twenty-one students gathered at Trailing Pines Tree Farm in Muncy to plant trees in late June.

A middling student in high school, Gregory C. Ditzler believes “the light” went on for him at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Today, he helps “flip the switch” for the next generation of students, an effort recognized by the National Science Foundation.

At the Smithsonian Institution’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Daniel Ravizza stands in a hangar full of objects that shaped aviation history. The center is the annex of the National Air and Space Museum. Ravizza helped to conserve famous aviator Charles Lindbergh’s insulated flying boots.