degrees that work.

The modern workforce offers tremendous opportunities for men and women prepared to apply advanced technology in their fields.

A new “degrees that work” broadcast production of Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA public television, introduces 21st century career and education opportunities.

Welding

The second episode in the series focuses on welding, highlighting the variety of careers available from the viewpoints of artistic welder Mike Patterson, an alumnus of Williamsport Area Community College (a Penn College forerunner), adjunct faculty member and entrepreneur; and Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz, a 2005 Penn College alumna and manufacturing specialist for Toyota. The episode chronicles Patterson crafting a life-sized Great Blue Heron weather vane for a Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen show and follows Brinkley-Cruz on the floor at the Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing plant in Georgetown, K.Y., where she oversees 40 robotic welding cells. In addition, the episode illustrates the basics of welding with David Cotner, instructor of welding, and Martin Denault, a welding & fabrication engineering technology major, and features interviews with industry representatives at the Fabtech International and American Welding Society Welding Show in Chicago.

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WVIA Broadcast Schedule

WVIA (Northeastern & Northcentral PA)

Dec. 8, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Welding Web Resources

Credits

Producer/ Director/ Editor/ Camera

Chris Leigh

Producer/ Writer/ Editor/ Camera/ Narration

Tom Speicher

Graphics

Kevin Jones

Music

615 Music Library

Public Relations

Wendy Wilson

Web

Steve Franco

Executive Producers

Elaine Lambert
Tom Currá

Images/video courtesy

Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology

Horticulture

Joseph Yoder

Lorain County Community College

Manufacturing Technology, Inc.

Mike Patterson

Miller Electric Mfg. Co.

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen

Rob Cardillo Photography

The NewsMarket

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky Video Services

Special Thanks

Jennifer Brinkley-Cruz, Manufacturing Specialist - Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America

David Cotner, Instructor, Welding - Pennsylvania College of Technology

Martin Denault, Student, Welding & Fabrication Engineering Technology - Pennsylvania College of Technology

Lee Kvidahl, Sector Manager, Welding Engineering - Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Gulf Coast

Special Thanks (cont.)

Ernest Levert, Senior Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control

Katie Levesque, Business Development - Edison Welding Institute

Mike Patterson, Artistic Welder

Nancy Porter, Welding Engineer & Project Manager - Edison Welding Institute

Anthony Swoope, Administrator: Office of Apprenticeship, Employment & Training Administration - U.S. Department of Labor

Gerald Uttrachi, 2007 President - American Welding Society, President - WA Technology

Jeff Weber, Associate Executive Director - American Welding Society

American Welding Society

Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc.

Tim Baltz

Sherrie Boyer

Kerry Holt

Larry Kauffman

Nick Mohler

Donald Praster

Adrienne Zalkind