About the author: Dr. Davie Jane Gilmour is the President of the Pennsylvania College of Technology. Penn College, a special mission campus of the Pennsylvania State University, is a national leader in applied technology education.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, February 14, 2020
President Davie Jane Gilmour rallied the Pennsylvania Association of Career & Technical Administrators to action in her keynote address at the 2020 Career Readiness Symposium. The goal: to reimagine and redefine STEM career education and communication for today’s youth. The transcript of her speech follows.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, March 17, 2017
The statistics are sobering. Pennsylvania ranked sixth in drug-related death rates in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, February 27, 2017
In a daily world that is filled with chaos and change, it is heartwarming to know that caring still counts and is important.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, October 25, 2016
What have we come to?
I tuned into each of the Presidential Debates. However, I confess I was only able to watch for about 20 minutes. The reason why is simple. I began to think about my 11-year- old grandson.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, October 3, 2016
I often tell people that I don’t like to say “no.”
Rather than saying “no,” I prefer to ask “how?” In doing so, I try to inspire creative thinking, in myself as well as others. Often, just taking a different perspective shows me the way to do something that I previously did not think was possible.
By Davie Jane Gilmour, September 21, 2016
“If you don’t take a chance, you don’t stand a chance.”
I am not sure who said this. It wasn’t me. I discovered the quote in my reading and found there was some dispute about its source. It might be Oprah. It might be someone else. In any case, it is how I live; it’s how I conduct myself at work and in my personal life.
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