Penn College Alumni Among Local Pioneers in Gas Exploration
May 28, 2009 - 4:59 p.m.
Two Penn College graduates are in the midst of storybook lives, if you consider that the “story” is one of the biggest to hit Pennsylvania in the 150 years since Edwin Drake struck oil at Titusville: development of the Marcellus Shale, a geological swath that runs beneath a half-dozen states and could hold enough natural gas to slake a nation thirsty for a homegrown energy supply. Amanda M. Kennedy and George P. “Pat” Moriarity are employed by an Appalachian arm of Chief Oil & Gas, a Texas-based company that is among those exploring the potentially profitable underground formation.
H.O. Penn Honored for 10-Year Partnership With Penn College
March 25, 2009 - 4:54 p.m.
A regional Caterpillar dealer has been honored by Penn College for its 10-year commitment to students and faculty in the School of Natural Resources Management. During a recent advisory meeting of dealers at the college’s Thompson Professional Development Center, Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management, presented representatives of H.O. Penn Machinery Inc. with a plaque honoring "10 years of participation in the Caterpillar Excellence Fund Grant to provide student sponsorships, instructional materials, technical equipment, curriculum development and faculty development funds in support of the Diesel Equipment Technology programs."
Students Again Beneficiaries of Caterpillar, Area Dealerships
Jan. 12, 2009 - 11:40 a.m.
The Caterpillar Foundation and a network of regional dealerships have combined for a $143,500 donation to Penn College, which – exclusive of equipment and technical support – brings to more than $1.6 million the total contribution since the Fall 1994 semester. “Caterpillar Inc. continues to generously contribute to our students’ education – through scholarships, sponsorships and donations,” said Mary A. Sullivan, dean of natural resources management. “The dealers and the CAT Foundation allow us to continue to do what we do best: provide high-quality technical education to the heavy-equipment technicians of tomorrow. We couldn’t ask for a better partnership!”
Students, Faculty Receive Power-Generation Training in Florida
Dec. 16, 2008 - 3:49 p.m.
Three Penn College students and an instructor of diesel technology technology/heavy construction equipment recently traveled to Florida to attend a power-generation convention and Electrical Generating Systems Association School. School of Natural Resources Management faculty member Paul A. Zenga accompanied students Benjamin G. Anderson, of Kane, and Matthew T. Churico, electrical power generation technology majors; and Joshua E. Henne, enrolled in the heavy construction equipment technology: technician emphasis major, to the 20th anniversary POWER-GEN International Convention on Dec. 2 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center.
Student Operators Demonstrate Heavy Equipment for Engineering Class
Nov. 18, 2008 - 9:52 a.m.
Heavy construction equipment: operator emphasis majors from Budd L. Greevy’s Heavy Equipment Operations class recently put on a demonstration for civil engineering technology students in Robert P. Gresko’s site-preparation course. (Greevy, who provided the photos, is an instructor of diesel equipment technology in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management; Gresko is an instructor of construction technology in the School of Construction and Design Technologies.) The operations students – members of the Service and Operation of Heavy Equipment Association – explained the different genres of heavy construction equipment and the tasks they perform on a job site, as well as some application and efficiency factors for each type of machine. They also did demonstrations to explain why some trends have changed in recent years. One such example is the use of a hydraulic excavator, which has replaced the track loader for loading trucks and digging foundations.
Heavy Equipment Rodeo Results Announced
Nov. 14, 2008 - 11:38 a.m.
Penn College students placed second in the annual Heavy Equipment Rodeo held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center during the college's Oct. 26 Open House. The team from Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology took first place; Cayuga-Onondaga (N.Y.) Board of Cooperative Education Services finished third. A total of 59 students competed in five events at the Allenwood campus. Shea O. Reiley, of Williamsport, majoring in heavy construction equipment technology: operator emphasis at Penn College, took home $100 as first-place winner in the Egg Drop event sponsored by Double A Stables. CPI's Clayton Weight won a $1,500 Penn College scholarship as the High Overall Operator and $100 in the Softball event sponsored by Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. Michael Hearn, also from CPI, won $100 each in American Infrastructure's Pipe Pick event and in the Wayne Township Landfill's Soccer Ball event. He also won the Skid Steer competition. Judges included representatives from Hawbaker, the Wayne Township and Lycoming County landfills, Steinbacher Enterprises Inc., Cleveland Brothers, and 5 Star John Deere. Organizers included Budd L. Greevy, Christopher S. Weaver and Matthew E. Bell, instructors of diesel equipment technology; and Ryan W. Peck, lab assistant for diesel equipment technology. Greevy and Weaver also are advisers for the Service and Operation of Heavy Equipment Association, of which Reiley is president.
Caterpillar Dealer Representatives Visit Student-Success Class
Oct. 29, 2008 - 12:49 p.m.
Nineteen students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center got valuable, face-to-face advice from two Caterpillar dealer representatives during Tuesday's session of the School of Natural Resources Management's proven Student Success Program. During the informal presentation, Karl Quinn representing Alban Tractor Co. Inc. and Randy Fetterolf from Cleveland Brothers shared their perspectives with students in a session addressing “Job-Keeping Skills and Business Etiquette.”
Japanese Visitors Tour Earth Science Center
Oct. 24, 2008 - 10:48 a.m.
On Thursday, a group of students from Tsuyama National Technical College in Tsuyama, Japan, toured Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management. The tour was part of a weeklong student exchange program organized by Penn College's International Programs Office and physics instructor Joseph E. LeBlanc. Joined by Eric Rambo, their English teacher in Tsuyama, the students particularly were impressed with the Schneebeli Earth Science Center's four greenhouses with 15,000 square feet of growing area and five-acre plant arboretum, and also enjoyed touring the diesel and heavy equipment technology labs.
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Photos by Melissa M. Stocum, coordinator of matriculation and retention, School of Natural Resources Management)
ESC Hosts Volvo Competition; Students Again Benefit From Industry Tie
Oct. 14, 2008 - 9:09 a.m.
From Oct. 6-9, Volvo held its Northeast Master Cup Technician Competition at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center. Twenty-one technicians in teams of three represented area Volvo dealers from Rudd, Penn Jersey and Highway Equipment. According to David R. Loveland, training manager for Volvo Construction Equipment North America Inc. and a member of the college's Heavy Construction Equipment Technology/Technician Advisory Committee, the competition involved troubleshooting practical faults in five pieces of Volvo heavy construction equipment. The winning team from Rudd will represent the Northeast in the North American finals in Asheville, N.C., with the possibility of competing in the World Cup in Sweden. Highway Equipment generously loaned the equipment used during the competition (a wheel loader, articulated hauler, crawler excavator, motor grader and compact excavator) to the ESC for a few days of use by students in the School of Natural Resources Management.
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Student photos by Melissa M. Stocum, coordinator of matriculation and retention, School of Natural Resources Management)
Liberty Excavators Establishes Scholarship Fund at Penn College
Sept. 30, 2008 - 1:03 p.m.
A Camp Hill firm has established an endowed scholarship fund targeting students in the heavy construction equipment technology, surveying technology and civil engineering technology majors at Penn College. Liberty Excavators Inc. recently presented a check for $25,000 to fully endow the Liberty Excavators Inc. Fund at Penn College. The college will begin making awards from the scholarship fund for the Spring 2009 semester.