State Cabinet Officials Tour Campus on 'Jobs' Visit

Published 07.13.2015

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    With campus beauty all around, including the "Student Bodies" art installation spanning the campus mall, the group takes a shady stroll north from the ATHS.Stopping by the dental hygiene labPenn College President Davie Jane Gilmour (left) walks with Secretary Manderino and others alongside the robotic welding stations.Michael K. Patterson, a member of the college's welding faculty, scores a hit with his impressive work-in-progress: a larger-than-life baseball glove, complete with welded metal strands to simulate stitching.Secretary Davin, at the podiumTwo cabinet secretaries from Gov. Tom Wolf's administration continued the "Jobs That Pay" tour in a Monday visit to Penn College, where they focused on workforce development and employer-training initiatives within the governor's proposed 2015-16 budget for the commonwealth. Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Dennis M. Davin and Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Kathy M. Manderino toured the college's dental hygiene and welding labs, instructional areas that could benefit from a proposed increase in state appropriation. A press conference followed in the welding lab.

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