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Knowledgeable Forestry Students Renew ‘Earth Day’ Tradition

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:47:24 +0000

More than 50 fifth-graders from the Montgomery Area School District traveled Wednesday to the nearby Schneebeli Earth Science Center, where Penn College students were waiting to enlighten (as well as entertain questions from) their consistently inquisitive visitors. “I’m going to be taking more steps today than I usually do,” predicted one youngster, embarking on his [...]

Falconer Acquaints Forestry Students With Centuries-Old ‘Passion’

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:38:16 +0000

Master Falconer Cheri Heimbach returned to Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Wednesday, introducing students in instructor Jack E. Fisher’s Wildlife Management class to varied birds of prey. “I believe in the education of young people, as they are our future,” said Heimbach, one of about 150 falconers in Pennsylvania. “This is a 4,000-year-old [...]

Education, Fun Intersect in Great Outdoors of ESC

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:04:49 +0000

Students from Line Mountain and Wellsboro high schools engaged in tree measurement, tree identification, log-scaling and lumber estimation during a Forestry Field Day at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Wednesday. “I’m used to identifying trees with leaves,” one Line Mountain student said. “Today was a challenge as we had to identify trees without leaves. [...]

Commission Helps Forestry Program Control Invasive Japanese Barberry

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:27:42 +0000

Aaron Ayres from the Pennsylvania Game Commission this week helped Penn College’s School of Natural Resources Management control a large invasion of Japanese barberry that has gradually crept into the Schneebeli Earth Science Center’s outdoor natural laboratory over the years. “This was an excellent opportunity for our students to see and experience the process used [...]

Forest Technology Student Among Industry Scholarship Recipients

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 20:41:53 +0000

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from The Davey Tree Expert Co. Garrett A. Krout, of McClure, in his second year toward an associate degree in forest technology, was presented with the Davey Arbor Grant Scholarship at the college’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center by company representative Steve Nagy. “We [...]

WoodMobile, ESC Tours Expose Secondary Students to Forestry Opportunities

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 01:04:43 +0000

Nearly 50 secondary students, teachers and chaperones visited Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Wednesday, enjoying a day outdoors in spite of the rain. High school students from Athens, as well as middle schoolers from Walnut Street Christian School and the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, enjoyed a variety of activities that included a look [...]

Team Arby’s Takes NRM Golf Invitational Crown

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:25:10 +0000

A near-perfect day of weather greeted the 41 golfers in last week’s School of Natural Resources Management Scholarship Golf Invitational. The fairways of White Deer Golf Course were an excellent venue for the July 11 scholarship fundraiser, at which 13 golfers displayed their Wildcat pride as Pennsylvania College of Technology employees. The top teams were [...]

Campers’ Visit Amplifies College Responsiveness to Industry

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:17:50 +0000

Penn College’s role in workforce preparation for the oil and natural gas industry, from noncredit training to degree programs, was the daylong focus for participants in Mansfield University’s Marcellus Camp on Tuesday. As a wrap-up to their three-day exploration of gas-related careers, about 20 participants and their counselors visited main campus in Williamsport and the [...]

New Path Opens for Forestry Students Seeking Four-Year Degrees

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:24:42 +0000

Graduates of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s associate-degree major in forest technology now have an additional option for pursuing a Bachelor of Science in their chosen career field. Paul Smith’s College and Penn College’s School of Natural Resources Management recently signed an articulation agreement allowing students to follow a streamlined path toward obtaining a baccalaureate degree [...]

Industry Scholarship Awarded to Forest Technology Student

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:27:00 +0000

A first-year forest technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology has received the latest scholarship from a fund that memorializes a longtime regional leader in the lumber industry. Griffin B. Welch, of Spring Mills, a recent graduate of Penns Valley Junior-Senior High School who will enter the two-year college major this fall, received a $1,000 [...]