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Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET

School of Transportation Technology
Parkes Automotive Technology Center, Room 133 · (570) 327-4516
Certified by NATEF The Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET program meets the standards for Automotive Service Excellence.
Ford ASSET

ASSET is a partnership between Ford Motor Company; Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Mazda dealers; and Pennsylvania College of Technology. The program is designed to develop entry-level service technicians by providing a unique two-year work study experience that leads to an associate's degree in automotive technology.

 

Ford ASSET teaches students to:

ASSET is a two-year program divided into two parts — eight weeks of classroom instruction (five weeks in the summer) followed by eight weeks of paid co-op work experience at a sponsoring Ford, Lincoln, Mercury or Mazda dealership. Upon completing the ASSET program, every participant is equipped with the basic skills and experience to be a successful service technician.

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Automotive Technology: Ford ASSET News

College ‘Redonates’ Ford Equipment in Outreach to High Schools

December 2008

Some people might frown upon “regifting” around the holidays, but four Virginia high schools are grateful for a recent donation of automotive diagnostic equipment from Penn College’s School of Transportation Technology and the Ford Motor Co. Four Worldwide Diagnostic System analyzers were obtained and refurbished by Christopher H. Van Stavoren, an assistant professor of automotive technology in the college’s Ford ASSET program and a Northern Virginia native. John R. Cuprisin, an associate professor of automotive technology in the Ford ASSET program, then traveled to the Fairfax County Public Schools on Nov. 24-25 to deliver the WDS equipment.

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High School Students to Compete in State Auto-Skills Competition

April 2008

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The state’s top 20 high school automotive students will gather at Penn College next month for the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition to determine who will advance to the national finals this summer. The college will host the hands-on finale of Pennsylvania’s annual competition outside its Parkes Automotive Technology Center on May 15, when the 10 two-member teams of juniors and seniors will test their automotive knowledge and technical prowess and perhaps obtain the keys to high-demand careers in the automotive-repair industry.

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Automotive Alumnus North America's Top Scorer on ASE Exam

December 2007

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Colin N. Hoffard
An automotive graduate of Penn College has received the Technician of the Future award, sponsored by Mitchell 1 and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Colin N. Hoffard, of Willow Street, recognized for having the highest score in North America on the ASE exam, was presented with the honor during a Nov. 12 ceremony in Scottsdale, Ariz.

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Career Day Held for High School Students

October 2007

Christopher H. Van Stavoren, assistant professor of automotive technology: Ford ASSET, discusses today's electronically controlled automotive systems Students from Millville Area Jr./Sr. High School operate a fuel cell-operated model car Nearly 1,350 ninth- through 12-graders (and 172 chaperones) from 38 area schools gathered on Penn College's campuses Friday for Career Day, which allows high school students to explore a wide variety of technical careers through hands-on activities, tours of facilities, and discussions with students and faculty. Among the day's varied sessions were "Ford Motor Co.: Automotive Technology in the 21st Century" (left photo) and "Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Energy for the Future."
( Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer)

Automotive Faculty Members Among Few to Fully Meet Standards

April 2007

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Fully meeting Ford Motor Co. standards for its Automotive Student Service Educational Training (ASSET) program are Christopher H. Van Stavoren, assistant professor of automotive technology (left), and John R. Cuprisin, associate professor of automotive technology, flanking Ford-donated diagnostic equipment in an automotive lab at Pennsylvania College of Technology
Two members of Penn College’s automotive faculty are among a select few nationally to fully meet the Ford Motor Co.’s standards for its Automotive Student Service Educational Training program. The achievements of Christopher H. Van Stavoren, assistant professor of automotive technology, and John R. Cuprisin, associate professor of automotive technology – both allied with Penn College’s Ford ASSET associate-degree major – were honored in a letter from Jim Kelly, field technical specialist for Ford.

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