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Green Highways

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:50:50 +0000

Appearing in the Spring 2013 One College Avenue magazine: From the seat of his Trek Madone bicycle, building science and sustainable design student Jared Houseknecht observed the vast landscape of America, making mental notes for his future career.

Engineering Design Faculty at Penn College Establish Scholarship

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:27:04 +0000

Engineering design faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology have established a scholarship for students enrolled in computer aided design majors at the college. The Computer Aided Drafting and Design Scholarship will benefit first-year students who: Are enrolled in engineering design technology (Bachelor of Science) or engineering CAD technology (Associate of Applied Science) Have participated [...]

Automotive Alumnus Shares Voice of Experience in Return to Alma Mater

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:39:36 +0000

A retired automobile executive, whose illustrious and influential career began with an associate degree in automotive technology from Penn College’s immediate predecessor, this week returned to campus for the first time in nearly 40 years. Building on lessons learned while employed by Mercedes-Benz USA and BMW of North America (among others), Thomas C. Baloga shared [...]

Manufacturers’ Meeting Includes Tour of Penn College Labs

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:07:41 +0000

The Williamsport chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers held its monthly meeting at Penn College on Dec. 10. More than 30 chapter members, representing Williamsport-area industries, toured the college’s state-of-the-art digital prototyping, rapid prototyping and advanced manufacturing facilities in the College Avenue Labs building. Faculty members J.D. Mather, assistant professor of drafting and computer [...]

Drafting Major Receives Industry Recertification

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:17:12 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s computer aided drafting technology major recently was recertified by the American Design Drafting Association. ADDA is an organization for designers, drafters, architects, illustrators and technical artists. The association’s curriculum-certification process provides a thorough review of an educational facility’s program and recognizes schools whose design/drafting curriculum meets established and approved standards. The [...]

Penn College Home to Four More SkillsUSA National Medalists

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:16:49 +0000

The Pennsylvania College of Technology contingent at the recent National SkillsUSA Conference in Kansas City, Mo., produced four medalists: two second-place finishers and two third-place winners. Earning silver medals were Robert T. Berrier Jr., of Lewistown, a computer aided product design major who competed in Technical Drafting; and Aaron C. Dressler, of Mount Pleasant Mills, [...]

Students Test Design Skills Through Hands-On Project

Wed, 02 May 2012 16:26:24 +0000

Students in the computer aided design majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology concluded a year’s worth of design work and gained some appreciative comments from students outside the class when they tested their projects on a Penn College parking lot. The students designed pedal-powered, four-wheeled “quad cycles” with frames made of 1-inch PVC pipe. [...]

College Faculty Member Works With Middle Schoolers on Fundraiser

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:58:02 +0000

A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member’s volunteer time presenting “Brown Bag Lunch” sessions at Curtin Middle School resulted in both a hands-on manufacturing experience and a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. John M. Good III, instructor of automation and computer-integrated manufacturing, presented eight sessions for the sixth- to eighth-grade students, offering them insight [...]

College Presenters Help Guide Girls Along Career Path

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:32:30 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology employees Katherine A. Walker and Jeannette F. Carter were among presenters at Williamsport Area School District’s first Millionaire Career Camp. According to Carol Watson, a middle school family and consumer sciences teacher in the district who helped to host the camp, the event was designed to introduce girls to careers in [...]

Outreach Event Links Careers to College’s ‘degrees that work’

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:07:50 +0000

Several Penn College departments visited the STEM Fair at Park Forest Middle School in State College on March 16. The fair provides an opportunity for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students to engage in activities and presentations that convey that science, technology, engineering and math are viable and real career paths they can take. The fair [...]