Penn College Faculty Member Co-Authors Collision Repair Textbook
May 11, 2009 - 5:06 p.m.
An associate professor of collision repair at Penn College co-authored the textbook, “Collision Repair and Refinishing: A Foundation Course for Technicians,” which recently was published by Cengage/Delmar Learning. Alfred M. Thomas II collaborated with Michael Jund, an instructor at Eastern Iowa Community College. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the collision repair profession and industry and is intended as a core curriculum resource in postsecondary courses.
DuPont Sponsorship of Collision Repair Program Extended
May 4, 2009 - 4:14 p.m.
DuPont has extended for five years an agreement to serve as a major corporate sponsor of the collision repair technology program at Penn College. Under the renewed agreement, DuPont will donate liquid coatings and its patented technology Color Proofing system for instructional use in the college's collision repair labs; DuPont also will upgrade the school’s computer and mixing-room equipment and provide training for faculty members.
Penn College Men's Basketball Player Honored by PSUAC
Feb. 16, 2009 - 7:30 a.m.
Penn College men’s basketball player Greg Solyak was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the period of Feb. 3-9. In his team’s win over Penn State Brandywine, Solyak scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds. In a win over Penn State Scranton, he scored a personal season-high 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Solyak, a graduate of Manheim Township High School, is a sophomore majoring in collision repair technology. Through 22 games, Solyak, of Lancaster, has scored 289 points, an average of 13.1 points per game.
Collision Repair Student Among Honored Scholars
Jan. 23, 2009 - 10:55 a.m.
A $5,000 scholarship has been awarded to a collision repair technology major at Penn College, one of only six students selected in the third year of the national competition. John S. Ellis III, of Morrisdale, was among those to receive a CCC Michael Salvatore Memorial Student Repair Technician Scholarship, which honors a longtime member of the CCC team. Administered by the I-CAR Education Foundation and CCC Information Services Inc., the scholarships were initiated to address the collision repair industry’s need for qualified technicians.
Collision Repair Department Scheduling Appointments for Vehicle Work
Oct. 3, 2008 - 8:32 a.m.
The Collision Department is looking for students and faculty with vehicles in need of minor collision work. Vehicles must be a 1998 model year or newer. Vehicles with small dents are needed; door-skin and quarter-panel jobs also are sought. No rust work will be accepted. The shop rates are $6 an hour for body work and $22 an hour for paint work; there also is a $7 lab fee for each vehicle. If you are interested, please stop by CAL, Room 165, for a free estimate during the posted work-study hours on the main doors.
Three Penn College Teams Prepared for Mini-Indy Event
Sept. 18, 2007 - 3:00 p.m.
Weeks of preparation and tireless teamwork will culminate in this weekend’s 11th annual Susquehanna 500 Mini-Indy competition, in which Penn College faculty/staff and students – and a group of visitors from Mexico – will continue their historic participation on behalf of the American Red Cross.
Insurance-Industry Reps Donate Vehicle Parts to Collision Repair Department
Feb. 27, 2006 - 1:25 p.m.
Local representatives of Nationwide Insurance visited the School of Transportation Technology last week with a corporate donation of vehicle parts for use by collision repair students.
Article by Collision Repair Faculty Member Nationally Published
Feb. 23, 2006 - 9:39 a.m.
"Getting Paid for What You Do," an article by an associate professor of collision repair at Penn College, has been published in the February issue of Automotive Body Repair News. The article marks the fourth time that Alfred M. Thomas, who heads the collision repair department in the college's School of Transportation Technology, has been published in the past six years.
Lanessa L. Satteson Named SGA's 'Student of the Month'
Feb. 15, 2006 - 10:15 p.m.
Lanessa L. Satteson, of Elimsport, in her final semester toward an associate's degree in collision repair technology, has been chosen by Penn College's Student Government Association as February's "Student of the Month."
Collision Repair Department Hosts Two Days of Training
Feb. 3, 2006 - 7:33 a.m.
This week, the collision repair department hosted in-house training by Jim Wrigley, Chief Automotive Group's senior trainer for the Middle Atlantic/Northeast Region. Wrigley spent two days teaching computerized-measuring theory in the classroom, as well as in the collision lab's velocity measuring system and S21M frame bench. Attending class from the department was Len "Flip" Filipkowski, associate professor of collision repair (at left in photo). Filipkowski has well over 30 years' experience at the college and in the industry. Also attending Chief training was Brandon Smith, a fourth-semester collision repair student from York Springs (at right in photo), who works in his family's collision repair business.
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