Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Photos by Cindy D. Meixel, writer/Penn College News editor
WNEP-TV stopped by the third annual Rotorfest, held Tuesday on the front lawns and parking lots of Pennsylvania College of Technology. Hosted by the emergency management & homeland security major, the event attracted nearly 600 K-12 students and school staff from 13 counties, as well as a range of emergency responders.
For its news report, which aired Tuesday evening, the local ABC affiliate's journalist Mackenzie Auker interviewed two key individuals from the emergency management & homeland security major: William A. Schlosser, instructor, and Michael J. Gruber, a junior who was serving as the incident commander for the event.
View the WNEP-TV report here.
Under the large American flag at Penn College's entrance, WNEP-TV gathers Rotorfest insights from William A. Schlosser, instructor of emergency management & homeland security major.
Rotorfest's incident commander Michael J. Gruber, a junior in the emergency management & homeland security major, shares how the event prepares students for their careers in emergency response.
Rotorfest serves as a training exercise for students in Penn College's emergency management & homeland security major and an interactive career day for students from K-12 schools and career and technology centers, including Penn College Dual Enrollment students.
Among the emergency response professionals sharing their expertise and equipment were representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, Pennsylvania Army and Air National Guard, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Civil Air Patrol, Williamsport Bureau of Police & Fire, North Central Task Force/Loyalsock Volunteer Fire Department, PMC/Susquehanna Regional EMS, Geisinger Life Flight, and Laurel Mountain K9 Search & Rescue.
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