Three Receive Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Scholarships
Oct. 28, 2011 - 10:19 a.m.
Three Penn College students received scholarships for 2011-12 from the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation. The foundation presented 10 scholarships totaling $17,000. Melissa D. Thorp, a surveying technology student from Curwensville, was ranked in first place among the recipients, garnering a $3,000 scholarship award. The other Penn College recipients were Christian J. Hunter, a surveying technology student from Warren, who received fourth place and a $2,000 scholarship, and Steven F. Hargenrader, a surveying technology student from Marble, who received fifth place and a $1,500 scholarship.
Student Sings at Saturday Little League Contest
Aug. 29, 2011 - 3:35 p.m.
A student in Penn College's surveying technology major performed prior to Saturday's U.S. Championship game at the Little League Baseball World Series. "It was an honor to sing for my country. I could not believe the crowd's applause," said Dylan T. Lackey, of Mountville, serving in the Army National Guard. "It almost brought a tear to my eye." Donning his "dress greens," he offered a-cappella renditions of "God Bless America" and the national anthem for the 3 p.m. game between Billings, Mont., and the eventual world-champion team from Huntington Beach, Calif.
Judges’ Award Among Team’s Feats at International Competition
May 4, 2010 - 11:34 a.m.
A team of Penn College students recently returned from a collegiate engineering challenge – the Baja SAE – with a strong finish among some of the top engineering universities in North and South America and a “Best Prepared Award” from the contest judges. Eight students – members of the college’s Society of Manufacturing Engineers student chapter – spent months preparing a Baja off-road vehicle for competition at the Society of Automotive Engineers’ Baja Carolina event, held April 8-11 at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research campus in Greenville, S.C. Among 100 colleges and universities from four countries, the team finished 20th overall, with an impressive 12th-place finish in the Suspension and Traction challenge and a 14th place in the Endurance Race, which concluded the three-day series of grueling events.
Guest Speaker to Discuss Concrete's 'Green' Qualities
March 30, 2010 - 7:24 a.m.
"Concrete’s Role in Sustainable Development," detailing how concrete plays an integral part in green building design and construction, will be presented at 3:30 p.m. April 6 in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium. The guest speaker for the event, which is organized by Drew R. Potts, instructor of civil engineering technology at Penn College, will be
Philip W. Kresge
, senior director of natural resources for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association.
Participants will understand how ready-mixed concrete can be used to minimize environmental impact of construction, and how architects, engineers, contractors and ready-mixed concrete producers can work together to optimize environmental performance. The focus of the program is on the environmental benefits of concrete, including the use of recycled materials, heat-island mitigation, reduction of energy consumption and stormwater management. Featured products will include concrete pavements, wall systems, green roofs, flowable fill and pervious concrete.
The program also covers an overview of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 2009 Green Building Rating System, and how ready-mixed concrete contributes to earning LEED certification. The session is open to all, with a particular emphasis on majors in the schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies and Construction and Design Technologies.
Alumnus' Engineering Firm, Students Team Up for Highway Safety
Jan. 20, 2010 - 9:58 p.m.
The co-founder of a local engineering and surveying firm, whose resume includes a 2002 "degree that works" – a bachelor's in civil engineering technology from Penn College – will join his business partner and two juniors from Maranatha Christian School, Watsontown, in a project aimed at safer roads. Alumnus Timothy Wentz, who, with Randy Webster, has offices in Muncy and Cogan Station, said the students will help conduct a study of Gold Road in Lewis Township, Northumberland County, beginning at 8:45 Monday morning.
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.
Peggy Madigan Memorial Scholarship Recipient Announced
May 21, 2009 - 4:41 p.m.
For the second year in a row, a student in the Athens Area School District who will attend Penn College after graduation has been selected as the recipient of the Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship. A selection committee has chosen Matthew J. Delp, RR2 Ulster, as the 2009 recipient of the scholarship award, named in honor of the late wife of former state Sen. Roger A. Madigan. Delp is a senior at Athens Area High School. He will enter Penn College this fall, majoring in civil engineering technology.
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.
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.
College Benefits From Engineering Grant, Corporate Donations
Sept. 5, 2008 - 1:01 p.m.
Donations from six companies have allowed Penn College to purchase engineering-related instructional equipment through a grant program administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The Engineering School Equipment Grant Program requires a 2-to-1 match from private sources, with funds distributed based on enrollments in ABET- (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) accredited bachelor-degree and associate-degree majors. Penn College has five ABET-accredited majors: plastics and polymer engineering technology (bachelor's), plastics and polymer technology (associate), civil engineering technology (bachelor's and associate), and surveying technology (associate).
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