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A Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus will serve as the 10th president of Southeastern Community College in Whiteville, North Carolina. The appointment of Christopher L. English, who graduated in May 2010 with a bachelor's degree in automotive technology management, was approved late last week by the State Board of Community Colleges.

President Davie Jane Gilmour appeared before the state Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, assessing COVID-19's impact on fulfillment of Penn College's mission.

In a Tioga County borough that appreciates art, these newcomers feel right at home. A repurposed lens lends color to the garden spot ... ... spilling onto its neighbor with a hammered center and curved, tinted petals. Another unique specimen, seemingly about to bloom A playful parade fronts the ESC.

Despite a shortened window of opportunity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 15 Pennsylvania College of Technology student volunteers helped taxpayers file 120 2019 tax returns through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The free service, known as VITA, is designed to help taxpayers who have relatively uncomplicated income tax returns to prepare their returns and file electronically.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered society, Career Services at Pennsylvania College of Technology has instilled a credo in students: “improvise, adapt and overcome.” The department personifies that proactive mindset by serving students, alumni and employers virtually and by offering substantive online resources for the “tomorrow makers” enrolled in more than 100 fields of study.

Future chefs can receive an industry-respected, hands-on education in a shorter amount of time at Pennsylvania College of Technology through a new 12-month certificate in culinary applications and a revision to its associate degree in culinary arts technology that makes a degree obtainable in 16 months.

Nearly 60 students were inducted this year into the Pennsylvania College of Technology chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, an international honor society for students enrolled in associate-degree majors. Each semester, the Beta Epsilon Upsilon Chapter invites students who have completed at least 12 hours of coursework leading to a two-year degree and who carry a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

A trust established two decades ago by the late Dr. Marshall D. Welch Jr. and his wife, Mary L. Welch, has matured, and its remaining proceeds are being designated for a variety of efforts campuswide to assist students and bolster instruction.

A pair of YouTube videos adds perspective to the Living Chapel, an international gift that seamlessly melds architecture, botany, theology, sustainability and music – with a vital assist from Penn College welding faculty and students.

Barbara J. Albert, director of the Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently served as a panelist for a national video conference on reopening child care centers following pandemic-related closures. The panel discussion was hosted by the National Coalition for Campus Childcare Centers on May 27.