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03.21.2023

CLC visited by elusive mischief-maker

A stealthy leprechaun showed up early on St. Patrick's Day to stir up trouble at the Children's Learning Center.

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News
03.20.2023

Scholarship symbiosis celebrated at weekend luncheon

Pennsylvania College of Technology's steadfast donors and their grateful beneficiaries came face-to-face at Sunday's annual Scholarship Luncheon, held in the campus Field House in celebration of the doors that philanthropy opens for students.

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03.20.2023

Penn College's Visiting Chef Series to feature alumni

A “Chopped” champion and a Scranton-area bakery owner, both graduates of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s hospitality program, will return to the college for its Visiting Chef Series, which culminates in a dinner to benefit scholarships.

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03.19.2023

Penn College teams go 5-1

Pennsylvania College of Technology spring on-field teams went a combined 5-1 in action this past week.

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News Wildcat Weekly
03.17.2023

World of Concrete offers 'endless possibilities'

Eight students, two faculty members and Pennsylvania College of Technology’s senior corporate relations director recently ventured to the Las Vegas Convention Center for this year’s World of Concrete, the only annual international event dedicated to the commercial concrete and masonry industries.

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03.17.2023

Students bolster credentials through concrete training

Eleven of instructor Franklin H. Reber Jr.'s concrete science students, along with two graduates and industry employers, recently attended a seven-hour Nudura Corp. Insulated Concrete Forms certification training at Hoover Industrial Supply in Troy.

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03.17.2023

Hort students travel to premier tri-state supplier of salad greens

Horticulture instructor Justin Shelinski this month took his Advanced Plant Production Hemp & Hydro class to BrightFarms, a large-scale lettuce producer in Selinsgrove. The leading supplier of locally grown salads for supermarkets, the company also has locations in Illinois, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

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News Landscape/Plant Production Student Experience
03.17.2023

Corrugated artistry impresses in vernal favorite

In a traditionally reliable sign of approaching spring, teams of third-year students in Architectural Design Studio V were assigned the design and construction of functional chairs using up to 50 sheets of 4-by-5 double-wall corrugated cardboard. "This year, the students were challenged to use the least amount of cardboard possible," said Robert A. Wozniak Jr., associate professor of architecture. "And they were asked to try not to use steel or wooden dowels, as had been done in the recent past."

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News Architecture Faculty & Staff Student Info
03.17.2023

Naming of two Penn College labs affirms longtime collaboration

The naming of two instructional labs at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center heightens the visibility of a corporate partner’s enduring behind-the-scenes investment in the next generation of industry leaders.

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03.17.2023

Materials classes travel west for direct look at projects made real

Two sections of Robert A. Wozniak Jr.'s Building Materials II class recently visited Reynolds Iron Works, a century-old business just a few miles west of Penn College's main campus.

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03.17.2023

Adventures in learning

From the Spring 2023 Penn College Magazine: The return of global experience courses in 2021-22 yields lifetime memories – both professional and personal.

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03.17.2023

SolidWorks User Group to gain insight from industry expert

Valuable advice from the manager of the SolidWorks User Group Network (and free Joe's Pizza!) will highlight the next meeting of the Penn College chapter, scheduled for 5 p.m. March 27.

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News Engineering Technologies Events Student Info
03.17.2023

Career Services delivers employer pop-up tables, info session

Three opportunities for School of Engineering Technologies students and alumni to network with potential employers have been arranged by Career Services for the week ahead.

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03.16.2023

‘Capitol’ investment: Auditor general makes recruitment visit to Penn College

Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor, the commonwealth’s chief fiscal watchdog, traveled to main campus on Thursday in hopes of filling paid internships and other positions from within Penn College’s business and information technology programs.

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03.16.2023

Penn College names new assistant dean of transportation

A veteran of regional career and technical education has been named the new assistant dean of transportation technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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03.16.2023

‘Stay wild’ with Penn College student-athletes!

At Penn College, Wildcats get the best of both worlds: hands-on education plus the full college experience. From soccer and lacrosse to basketball and wrestling, a new YouTube video shows how student-athletes are chasing their passions, making their marks and doing what they love most.

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News Athletics Student Info
03.15.2023

A warm welcome breaks the ice

Ten students and two chaperones from Northern Ireland’s North West Regional College spent the first full day of their Williamsport stay in the company of local hosts who made them feel instantly at home.

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03.15.2023

IT ‘success story’ regularly honors his Penn College roots

Anthony S. Riegel, a 2019 graduate in information technology: network specialist concentration, made a visit to campus to talk with students in Stephen R. Cheskiewicz’s Network Design & Management course.

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03.14.2023

Electronics grad returning to Williamsport with ’80s tribute band

A 1985 alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s immediate predecessor is among the co-founders of The Reagan Years, a 1980s tribute band that will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at the Community Arts Center.

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03.13.2023

Students from Northern Ireland to visit college during extended stay

Ten students from North West Regional College, on a cultural exchange program from campuses in Northern Ireland, will visit Pennsylvania College of Technology during a March 14-28 stay in the area.

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News Faculty & Staff Student Info
03.13.2023

Yesterday’s disaster informs tomorrow’s response

Emergency management & homeland security students didn’t have to travel far to gain historical context on one of the worst disasters in United States history.

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News Business, Arts & Sciences Emergency Management & Homeland Security Faculty & Staff Student Info
03.12.2023

Penn College wrestling celebrates season of success

Pennsylvania College of Technology freshman Isaac Cory (17-2) was scheduled to wrestle his opening match in the 184-pound weight class against Alvernia University’s Isaac Kassis, who has more than 30 wins this season, with top-seeded defending champion Jaritt Shinhoster, of Wisconsin-Whitewater (29-2) awaiting the winner.

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News Wildcat Weekly
03.12.2023

Penn College tennis teams set

There was no shortage of on-field action for Pennsylvania College of Technology athletes over the past week and, this week, the men’s and women’s tennis teams also step into the mix.

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News Wildcat Weekly
03.11.2023

Services scheduled for retired nursing instructor

The funeral will be Friday for Mary E. Erdman, a Penn College alumna and a retired member of its nursing faculty, who died Thursday, March 9, at the age of 65.

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03.10.2023

Motorcycles & Mentorship

From the Spring 2023 Penn College Magazine: Welding & fabrication engineering technology grads Erin M. Beaver, ’19, and Franchesca C. Ybarra, ’22, both manufacturing engineers, focus on the production of 800 iconic Harley-Davidsons each day.

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03.09.2023

Penn College employee accepted into exclusive veteran cohort

The veteran services specialist at Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of 20 successful applicants for a national Focus Forward Fellowship, a competitive mentoring program for women student veterans.

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News Faculty & Staff Student Life
03.09.2023

Dividends accrue from Penn College/BLaST community investment

BLaST Intermediate Unit 17’s aim to “transform lives and communities through educational services” was clearly realized at Pennsylvania College of Technology this week, as the agency’s vision repeatedly intersected with that of its campus allies during a triad of inspirational events.

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News Events Faculty & Staff Real World Ready
03.07.2023

Seizing the day (and lassoing the ephemeral)

Like the mythical, magical, musical village of Brigadoon – which appears for only one day every century – a late-winter storm in northcentral Pennsylvania offers scant time to savor the breathtaking beauty before it quickly vanishes.

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03.07.2023

Penn College IT alums publish restaurant-search app

An idea hatched a few years ago between hungry friends at Pennsylvania College of Technology has become a reality for restaurant-searching smartphone users. Darren J. Leh and Andrew E. Young, 2021 information technology graduates, recently published Out2Eat on the Apple and Google app stores. The free app facilitates group decision-making on a vital question: Where to eat?

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03.06.2023

'A person's a person, no matter how small'

The Dunham Children's Learning Center had a busy week celebrating Dr. Seuss and his March 2 birthday, welcoming special guests and enjoying specially prepared treats. On Thursday, courtesy of Christopher R. Grove and his Keystone Dining Room crew, the youngsters were served an appropriately themed lunch of which Sam-I-Am would be proud. "The children were sure it was from Dr.

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03.05.2023

New day for Penn College wrestling

The Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling program is on the verge of a new, magnificent day when freshman Isaac Cory competes at the NCAA Division III National Championships on Friday.

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News Athletics Wildcat Weekly
03.05.2023

Penn College lax team stays unbeaten

The Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s lacrosse team kept its season-opening unbeaten streak intact with a pair of wins this past week, while the college’s men’s and women’s basketball coaches looked back on their recently completed seasons.

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News Athletics Wildcat Weekly
03.03.2023

March 11 memorial service scheduled for Donald R. Nibert

Nibert in his element − an outdoor wildlife lab − instructing students during a pheasant release onto State Game Lands in March 2005. Donald R. Nibert, an assistant professor of forestry who retired in 2009 after a 40-year teaching career at Williamsport Area Community College and Pennsylvania College of Technology, died Sunday, Feb. 26, at the age of 80.

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03.03.2023

Nursing graduate honored at Chamber ‘Education Celebration’

A 2007 graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology's nursing program received an Alumni of the Year Award at this week's 22nd annual Education Celebration hosted by the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.

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03.02.2023

Employers embrace Penn College Career Fair

The job market for the Class of 2023 is expected to be a robust one. Employer participation at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s recent Spring Career Fair reflected that positive projection. More than 230 companies, offering thousands of jobs and internships in an array of fields, met with 1,127 students throughout the daylong event, split between the college’s Bardo Gymnasium and Field House.

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02.28.2023

Alumni perspective advantageous to hospitality students

Chef Brian W. Doyle, a 1994 graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology's culinary arts major and today the owner of Café Avalaun in Cleveland, returned to campus last week to lend insight to students.

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02.28.2023

What Is Surgical Technology?

Considering surgical technology? Here’s your chance to get answers to the most commonly asked questions about entering this field of study. In a newly posted video, you’ll meet Scott A. Geist, program director, and Elizabeth S.

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02.28.2023

Services set for award-winning former automotive faculty member

Services will be Thursday for Albert L. Steinbacher Jr., a former member of Penn College's automotive faculty, who died Monday, Feb. 27, at the age of 79. A retired instructor of automotive transportation technology who had also served on the college's Automotive Advisory Committee, Steinbacher was a 2000 recipient of a Part-Time Teaching Excellence Award.

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02.28.2023

Student Engagement's 'joint' effort blends music, mealtime

A Mississippi-born legend is celebrated. A catered feast satisfies the soul ... ... while informational posters feed the mind. The Bush Campus Center pool tables are always an attraction, no matter the event. "At Last," some recognition for the iconic Etta James The birth of the "juke joint" was celebrated in a Black History Month event sponsored by the Student Engagement Office on Feb.

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News Events Student News
02.27.2023

Penn College business programs reaffirmed by accrediting body

The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Board of Commissioners has reaffirmed accreditation of the accounting and business degrees at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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News
02.27.2023

Penn College president, board member among state's ‘Power 100’

President Michael J. Reed and Zack Moore, a Penn State administrator and member of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors, are among the leaders named to The 2023 Higher Education Power 100, released Monday by City & State PA.

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News Faculty & Staff
02.26.2023

Penn College wrestling reaches new high

Talk about a youth movement taking charge. A freshman wrestler and a first-time head coach have taken the Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling program to new heights almost overnight. Young, coachable and committed, is how first-year coach Pankil Chander described his squad heading into this season, just the Wildcats’ fifth of being NCAA postseason-eligible.

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News Athletics Wildcat Weekly
02.26.2023

Penn College softball looks to keep making statements

During its first two full seasons under coach Angela Stackhouse, the Pennsylvania College of Technology softball team has made program statements. In 2021, the Wildcats went 19-5 overall, capturing the United East Conference tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA Division III Regionals for the first time in history.

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News Athletics Wildcat Weekly
02.24.2023

Site visit richly adds practical context to lab instruction

Students in civil engineering and surveying technologies, accompanied by three faculty members, visited an active construction site south of campus in Allenwood this past week.

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02.23.2023

Penn College to offer 12-week CT course

This summer, Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer Essential Computed Tomography, a 12-week course for medical imaging professionals who want to pursue an additional credential in CT.

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02.23.2023

Penn College awarded grant to expand STEM workforce

A grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education will help Pennsylvania College of Technology inspire middle school educators to share STEM career paths with students. The college will engage middle schools in 10 rural counties comprising the northcentral region of the state, thanks to a $314,440 PAsmart Advancing K-12 Computer Science & STEM Education grant.

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News Faculty & Staff Innovation & STEM
02.22.2023

A fest of all possible worlds

The 11th Science Festival for local schoolchildren and their families, held annually at Penn College (but for that 2021 COVID-related pause), brought 682 adventurous participants to the campus Field House on Feb.

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02.21.2023

Meriting attention

Working toward a welding badge Ken J. Kinley, an assistant professor of electronics, shares knowledge amassed through decades of industry and teaching experience. Scouts assess the world through the viewfinders on their digital cameras during a photography session with Mark W. Wilson, graphic design instructor. This year's Merit Badge College patch was created by Natalie K.

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02.21.2023

Faculty member turns student – and meticulously documents it all

Holley proves a quick study on an industrial sewing machine. Among the recent submissions by a Penn College faculty member – and technical contributor to the internet's only daily Mopar magazine – is a profusely illustrated offshoot of the Automotive Upholstery course he took last semester. Adding to his body of work in Mopar Connection, Christoper J.

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02.21.2023

EMT course scheduled at three area locations for fall semester

An Emergency Medical Technician course, beginning the week of Aug. 14 and running through early December, will be offered at three locations by Workforce Development at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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