Penn College Participates in Autodesk Certification Days
Jan. 24, 2012 - 3:49 p.m.
Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, an Autodesk Authorized Training Center and Authorized Certification Center, is participating in this year’s Certification Days. Autodesk is providing the opportunity to become certified for $25 (two exams of your choice, associate and/or professional) – a cost savings of $175.
Project Management, Finance Courses Offered at Penn College
Jan. 20, 2012 - 4:35 p.m.
For companies looking to sharpen their employees’ skills in theoretical project management or basic finance, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College is offering two series of noncredit courses. Classes will be held at the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the college’s main campus in Williamsport. The courses are taught by qualified, experienced industry experts.
Penn College Authorized Provider for Shell Bluebook Orientation
Jan. 17, 2012 - 4:44 p.m.
The Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center at Penn College is offering a Shell Bluebook Orientation noncredit course. The MSETC is an authorized provider for the training, which is presented at the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the college’s main campus in Williamsport and at the college’s North Campus near Wellsboro. The four-hour safety-awareness orientation instructs students on Shell’s systematic approach for meeting and exceeding compliance with the law; management of health, safety and environmental risks; and continuous improvement. The training describes the Shell Golden Rules and the company’s 12 Life-Saving Rules.
Noncredit Business, Management Courses Offered at Penn College
Jan. 9, 2012 - 10:54 a.m.
For those ready to take themselves, or their businesses, to the next level, Penn College is providing a wide range of noncredit business and management courses, including 12 new offerings. The courses are presented by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College and are held at the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the college’s main campus in Williamsport. They are taught by qualified, experienced industry experts and faculty.
Penn College Offers Noncredit Microsoft Computer Courses
Jan. 5, 2012 - 3:43 p.m.
For those looking to sharpen their computer skills while learning something new, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College is offering several easy-to-learn computer courses. In addition to multiple levels of Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, WDCE is offering five new courses: OneNote 2007, OneNote 2010, Outlook 2010, PivotTables and Publisher 2010. Call 570-327-4775 or visit on the Web (click on “Courses”) for complete course listings, descriptions and dates.
North Campus Holds Ceremony for Practical Nursing Graduates
Jan. 3, 2012 - 11:21 a.m.
Fifteen students graduated from the noncredit practical nursing program at Penn College’s North Campus on Dec. 15. Graduates completed 1,504 clock hours of classroom and clinical instruction, with clinical experiences obtained at Laurel Health System, Broad Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center and other area facilities. They are eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses and may be employed in hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, hospice, schools and other health-care organizations.
Assistant Vice President at Penn College Awarded Doctorate
Jan. 2, 2012 - 12:18 p.m.
Tracy L. Brundage, assistant vice president for workforce and economic development at Penn College, has earned a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. Brundage was awarded a Ph.D. in workforce education with a major in training and human resource management Dec. 17. Her dissertation was titled “A Study Examining the Value of Pre-Employment Training Conducted by the Marcellus Shale Education and Training Center in Response to the Needs of the Gas and Oil Industry.”
ESL Students Complete Service Projects in Community
Dec. 15, 2011 - 11:42 a.m.
Nine students from Penn College’s English as a Second Language program completed service-learning projects Dec. 2. The students were involved with The Academia and Messiah Lutheran Senior Center for five weeks on Friday mornings during the last half of the Fall 2011 semester. The projects, part of the students’ second-level listening/speaking course, were designed to allow students opportunities to practice English skills in the community and learn about American culture. At the same time, the projects provided students with meaningful opportunities to help others.
Center Changing Name, Expanding Industry Outreach
Nov. 29, 2011 - 10:57 a.m.
One of the nation’s top centers for plastics research, development and education related to injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, rotational molding and thermoforming, will change its name, effective in January. In an effort to expand its industry outreach, Penn College’s Plastics Manufacturing Center will become the Plastics Innovation and Resource Center. The PIRC also will incorporate the newly formed Thermoforming Center of Excellence, dedicated to research and development, technical support and education within the thermoforming industry, and the Rotational Molding Center of Excellence, which is the first in North America for research and workforce training.
Penn College to Offer Basic Computer Course for Seniors
Nov. 9, 2011 - 12:13 p.m.
Adults age 55 and older who want to learn more about using computers for fun, may enroll in a noncredit course being offered on the main campus of Penn College. The basic computer class will be held from 9 a.m.-noon on Fridays, Jan. 13 and 20. The instructor will lead participants through entertaining games, emailing friends and family, surfing the Internet, buying and selling merchandise on eBay, basic word-processing for letter-writing, and other enjoyable and practical applications.
- previous page
- next page
