Penn College TV Series Honored With Bronze Telly Award
Feb. 17, 2010 - 7:08 p.m.
Penn College’s “degrees that work.” career-awareness television series received a Bronze Telly Award for a 2009 episode profiling the advanced manufacturing career field. The series, a co-production of Penn College and WVIA-TV, highlights careers identified by state and federal labor officials as important for future employment growth. It was honored in the documentary category of the 31st annual Telly Awards, which recognize the best in local, regional and cable-television productions and video/film productions for the Web. This is the third time that the “degrees that work.” series has received a Telly Award.
Students Help With Trinity Episcopal Church Clock Restoration
Feb. 9, 2010 - 4:14 p.m.
The chimes have returned at Trinity Episcopal Church in Williamsport where, in December, Jim Zerfing, the church clock’s longtime caretaker, and students from Penn College climbed 100 feet up the clock tower’s narrow stairs to replace parts that had fallen into disrepair. The students are enrolled in majors in the automated manufacturing and machining department. Under the direction of Zerfing and Keith H. English, instructor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing, the students remade the gear shafts that hold the minute hand on each of the clock’s four dials, made a duplicate bevel gear and helped to install a new motor.
Manufacturing Students Report on Fellowship Experience
Nov. 10, 2009 - 5:15 p.m.
Manufacturing engineering technology students David Blumenfeld and Matthew Cox presented the research they performed during a summer fellowship at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Maryland. Cox, of Selinsgrove, presented his research into 3-D printing, and Blumenfeld, of Lincroft, N.J., presented research into creation and measurement of a five-axis part. The pair were among about 150 students from colleges around the nation who were selected for NIST’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.
More Students Eligible for Manufacturing Scholarship
Oct. 29, 2009 - 9:11 a.m.
A Bucks County company is reaffirming its long-standing relationship with Penn College through a revised scholarship agreement. Bracalente Manufacturing Co. Inc. will continue to provide an annual award of $1,000 to a Penn College student through the Bracalente Manufacturing Scholarship, which was established in 1996. However, the list of majors eligible to apply for the scholarship award has been expanded to cover students who are enrolled full time in the college’s manufacturing engineering technology bachelor-degree major, the automated manufacturing technology and machine tool technology associate-degree majors, and the machinist general certificate. The revised scholarship agreement also adds a selection preference for students who are residents of Bucks, Montgomery or Lehigh counties – in order to benefit students from communities near the company’s facility in Trumbauersville.
Set One, Set Two, Hike!
Sept. 28, 2009 - 10:23 a.m.
Bradley T. Robinson, a manufacturing engineering technology student from West Chester, volunteers his time each Friday to help instruct pupils on game rules during Sheridan Elementary School's primary and intermediate recess times. At left, Robinson – president of Penn College's Student Athletic Advisory Council and a member of the cross-country team – teaches pupils the rules of playing football at the school, one of which includes no tackling. Penn College Wildcats have a history of working with Williamsport Area School District youngsters; in a program to resume next spring, student-athletes often visit Sheridan classrooms as part of the Read Across America effort.
Photo by Lynne E. Piotrowski, Title I reading specialist, Sheridan Elementary School
Penn College Represented at World University Games
July 1, 2009 - 2:03 p.m.
When archery competition begins at the 2009 Summer World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, Penn College will have two faces in the crowd. Zachary Plannick, of Coraopolis, 20, who will be a junior in the fall, and Glen Thomas, of Mercer, 19, who will be a sophomore, are members of the United States archery squad. Plannick will compete on the men’s compound team and Thomas on the men’s recurve team.
Faculty Member Helps Center's Youngsters Observe 'Pony Day'
June 23, 2009 - 1:00 p.m.
Helping celebrate "Pony Day" at Penn College's Children’s Learning Center on Monday were Richard K. Hendricks (instructor of machine tool technology/automated manufacturing in the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies) and his wife, Laurie, who brought their pony, Giddyup, to campus to offer rides to the center's preschool children. Joining the couple are their daughters, Maddie (on the pony) and Katie, both "alums" of the center.
Photo by Regina G. Andes, group leader at the Children's Learning Center
Camp Offers Glimpse at Engineering Technology Careers
June 18, 2009 - 12:23 p.m.
Penn College recently hosted 22 area high school students on campus during its free Discover Engineering Technology Camp. The two-day camp serves as an opportunity for students entering grades nine and 10 to learn about the variety of careers available in the engineering technology field, as well as the programs offered through the college’s School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies.
Students Earn Summer Research Fellowships With National Labs
May 7, 2009 - 12:36 p.m.
Two Penn College students were selected to participate in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, in which they will gain experience in hands-on research alongside world-recognized scientists. David M. Blumenfeld, of Lincroft, N.J., and Matthew C. Cox, of Selinsgrove, both manufacturing engineering technology students, will contribute to ongoing research projects under the guidance of an NIST scientist or engineer during the 11-week program this summer at NIST’s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory in Gaithersburg, Md.
New Episode of College’s Career-Awareness Series to Air on WVIA
May 6, 2009 - 4:01 p.m.
The third episode of the award-winning “degrees that work.” television series, a co-production of Penn College and WVIA-TV, is set to premiere on the public-television station at 7 p.m. May 17. The “degrees that work.” series is designed to build awareness of careers that may not be familiar to the public but offer ample career opportunities. The newest episode focuses on advanced manufacturing, which uses high technology to maximize the efficiency, productivity and safety of the manufacturing process. Most manufacturing in the United States fits that definition, yet the sector often suffers from outdated perceptions about its work environment and the quality of its jobs.
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