Classified staff from Penn College traveled to Montoursville for a full slate of professional-development activities on Thursday, blending practical information with a peek at the Lumley Aviation Center not often available to campus-bound employees. Aviation faculty provided a tour of the center (including the retired Boeing 727 donated by FedEx), and the staff members learned tips for “Surviving and Succeeding at Difficult Conversations” and engaged in S.A.F.E. – Self-Defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange – with a representative of law enforcement. In an extension of the college’s commitment to lifelong learning, full-time employees are required to participate in eight hours of professional development each fiscal year to enrich themselves, their offices/departments, and the institution and its students.
Photos by Shawnalee E. Miller, Career Services secretary, and Jaimee L. Kopp, General Services secretary