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Hendershot PSUAC’s Baseball ‘Co-Player of the Week’

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:51:07 +0000

First baseman Travis Hendershot, set to graduate in May from Penn College’s electronics and computer engineering technology: robotics and automation emphasis major, has been named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Week for the period ending April 7. The Muncy resident was superb at the plate during the team’s 7-1 week, batting [...]

Cisco Networking Academy at Penn College to Sponsor Teleconference

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:28:36 +0000

The Cisco Networking Academy at Penn College will sponsor a teleconference with five alumni now employed with Cisco Systems Inc. from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room E140 of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center. The alumni – Joshua K. Stoner and Sean M. Timm, both from the Class of 2012, and 2010 graduates [...]

Cisco Accreditation Includes Courses Taught at Penn College

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:03:09 +0000

Two of the certifications taught in Penn College’s 10-year-old Cisco Networking Academy are among those recently accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the industry standard for information technology networking. The academy, based in Room 143 of the Center for Business and Workforce Development, offers classes that help prepare students for the Cisco Certified Network [...]

New Videos Feature Alumni Working in Natural Gas Industry

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:29:13 +0000

The diverse opportunities for college graduates to excel in the natural gas industry are highlighted in the latest videos added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube Channel. The short videos feature an electronics alumnus and an information technology alumnus whose bachelor’s degrees are working for them at Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of the world’s largest [...]

New Penn College Video Showcases Four-Year Electronics Major

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:28:44 +0000

The rewarding opportunities available in electronics and computer engineering technology are explored in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube channel. The three-minute video highlights the bachelor-degree major through the eyes of Jorgette N. Grosso, of Boonton, N.J., a 2012 graduate. Grosso serves as a role model for young women interested in [...]

Academic Department at Penn College Establishes Scholarship

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:37:36 +0000

Faculty members in the Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology Department within the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology have established a building-to-endowed scholarship. The Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology Scholarship will benefit full- or part-time students who are enrolled in the electronics and computer engineering technology bachelor-degree major or the [...]

Four Degrees of Adaptation: IT Alum Networks With Students

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:27:35 +0000

A Camp Hill-based Cisco systems engineer made his fourth campus presentation Thursday – one return visit for each of the information technology degrees (two associate and two baccalaureate) he earned from Penn College in 2007 – to talk with students about their job prospects in an increasingly networked world. While noting that technology moved from [...]

College Recognized for 10-Year Participation in Cisco Networking Academy

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:57:19 +0000

Jeffrey B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics and computer engineering technology, recently received notification and a plaque commemorating the 10th anniversary of the college’s involvement with the Cisco Networking Academy. Since 2002, the program has provided Penn College students with real-world skills in network routing and switching that have complemented their associate or bachelor’s degree [...]

Episode Focusing on Natural Gas Careers to Premiere Nov. 5

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:42:54 +0000

While natural gas exploration throughout Pennsylvania has stirred debate in recent years, there is one issue on which most can agree: the emergence of viable employment opportunities. The natural gas sector offers rewarding career prospects, especially for those with a technical skill set. Those possibilities are the focus of the latest edition of “degrees that [...]

IT ‘Community’ Crosses Campus, Curriculum to Expand Skill Set

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:22:17 +0000

First-year residents of the Information Technology Living-Learning Community visited the Cisco Networking Academy laboratory Thursday afternoon for a hands-on router exercise led by Jeff B. Weaver, associate professor of electronics in the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies. The college’s Residence Life Office offers a variety of living-learning communities on campus, catering to students enrolled in [...]