Forest Technology Students Receive Valuable Training from Guest Lecturers
May 2, 2009 - 1:44 p.m.
Forest technology students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center received some beneficial information from visiting industry professionals this past week. Robert Hansen, a Penn State Cooperative Extension forester, provided a training session, "Timber, the IRS & You,” on Tuesday for students in Professor Dennis F. Ringling’s Forest Land Management class. In a follow-up session Thursday, stewardship trainers James Finley and Allyson Muth provided training that will certify Penn College seniors as stewardship planners once they graduate from the program.
Penn College Students Place at Mid-Atlantic Woodsmen’s Meet
May 1, 2009 - 1:58 p.m.
A team of 14 Penn College students finished third overall and placed in 12 categories at the recent Mid-Atlantic States Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet at Allegany College of Maryland. During the annual event, which was hosted April 18 on the Cumberland, Md., campus, Penn College students Katherine L. Huddleson, Sheffield, and Kelly J. Tome, Muncy, took first place in the women’s crosscut saw competition. The college’s other first-place award went to Derek J. Peterson, Corry, who won the throw-bag competition.
Industry Benefits From Forestry Training
April 23, 2009 - 10:46 a.m.
Industry members with an interest in forest technology benefited from a free one-day seminar sponsored by Penn College and Haglof Inc. at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesday. Attendees included Penn College faculty and members of both public and private entities, ranging from foresters and sawmill personnel to salesmen and Pennsylvania Game Commission employees. The training provided participants the opportunity to learn more about timber and log inventory-management systems using the latest equipment and software. Also demonstrated were ways in which Penn College can incorporate the latest technology into the forest technology major Haglof is an international company from Sweden; its American office is in Madison, Miss.
Forestry Students Turn ESC Into Outdoor Elementary Classroom
April 22, 2009 - 4:29 p.m.
Knowledgeable forest technology students at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center ensured that Wednesday's annual observance of Earth Day wasn't merely a day out of school
– or just a chance to tromp through the mud
– for fifth-graders from Elimsport Elementary School. Professor Dennis F. Ringling's students staffed various environmental-interest points through the woodlands surrounding the Allenwood-area campus, educating the students on topics ranging from soil analysis and tree measurement to camping safety and wildlife. For more, visit the PCToday photo gallery.
Forestry Student Honored for Grade-Point Average
April 9, 2009 - 2:32 p.m.
A forest technology student in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management has been awarded a $75 scholarship by the Council of Eastern Forest Technician Schools for his grade-point average. Derek J. Peterson, of Corry, was among the recipients chosen from CEFTS member institutions, which include nearly 30 schools with forest technology programs in the eastern United States and Canada. He was one of five students selected for the scholarship; the others are enrolled at Haywood Community College, Allegany College of Maryland, Paul Smith's College and Penn State Mont Alto. The organization recognizes scholastic high achievers through its North American Forest Technician Honorary, which rewards students who have a minimum 3.3 GPA in their major classes and a 3.0 overall average. Dennis F. Ringling, a forestry professor at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center and a past chairman of CEFTS, said Peterson is a "very conscientious, affable and hardworking" student who plans to continue his career with the Bartlett Tree Co. after graduation.
Penn College Prepares for April 22 Earth Day Observance
April 7, 2009 - 1:54 p.m.
From 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center will observe the worldwide 39th Annual Earth Day by providing tours of the outdoor natural laboratory in and around the Allenwood-area campus. In what has become an Earth Day tradition, forestry professor Dennis F. Ringling’s forest technology students will welcome a group of approximately 70 fifth-grade students and their chaperones from Elimsport Elementary School. This year, the School of Natural Resources Management also is extending an open invitation to the community to participate in the campus’s daylong observance.
Forestry Students 'Bat Cleanup' in Newswatch 16 Report
March 17, 2009 - 5:34 p.m.
A cooperative project between Penn College forest technology students and the Pennsylvania Game Commission was featured in Tuesday evening's 5 p.m. Newswatch 16 broadcast. WNEP's Jim Hamill joined Game Commission personnel and students in Donald R. Nibert's wildlife management class at the Brady Township site of a "bat condo," erected a decade ago as an alternate roosting site for little brown bats that had made their home in an area church. Students of Nibert, an assistant professor of forestry, periodically return to the 10-foot-high structure, extrapolating the home's usage by measuring the ever-increasing amount of bat guano scooped from within.
Forestry Club Members Among Individual Winners in Woodsman's Meet
Nov. 7, 2008 - 12:19 p.m.
Members of Penn College's Forestry Club were among the top finishers in a Woodsman's Meet held in conjunction with the college's Oct. 26 fall Open House at its campuses.
Penn College Students Earn Firefighter Certification
Nov. 7, 2008 - 9:19 a.m.
Nearly 30 forestry technology majors at Penn College earned their Basic Wildland Firefighter Certification after completing a two-part training course provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The students, enrolled in Jack E. Fisher's Forest Protection class, spent the first part of the 16-hour training in classroom instruction and followed up with hands-on tasks such as building a fire line. DCNR representatives Jacob A. Richards, forest fire specialist supervisor, and Don Bratts, forester, teach the certification course to students at Penn College and The Pennsylvania State University. Students completing the course are certified to fight fires in Pennsylvania and are qualified to perform prescribed burns for forest protection and maintenance. The skills and subsequent certification are very valuable in the forest industry and add worthwhile experience to the resumes of students interested in seeking employment with a variety of state or federal agencies.
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Photos by Melissa M. Stocum, coordinator of matriculation and retention, School of Natural Resources Management)
Two Honored With Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards
Oct. 13, 2008 - 3:43 p.m.
Penn College has presented Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards to Chad L. Karstetter, of Salona (archery), and Katlyn D. Stupar, of State College (basketball). The honors were bestowed Oct. 11 during Homecoming 2008 festivities at the college.
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