Vol. 8, No. 2 WithPennsylvania College of Technologyback in session, athletes in six sports cross-country, golf, team tennis, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball have begun practicing for their fall seasons. The women's volleyball team, under coach Bambi Hawkins in her 10th season, will be the first to get under way on Friday, Aug. 28, in a tournament at Penn State Beaver.
Military veterans attending Pennsylvania College of Technology can apply for awards through a new scholarship at the college established in honor of state Sen. Gene Yaw, R-23. Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour recently established the Senator Gene Yaw Scholarship through the Penn College Foundation.
Penn College had a pervasive presence in Thursday's Grand Slam Parade, which kicks off the Little League Baseball World Series and stepped off at 6 p.m. northwest of campus.
George E. Cornelius, secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development (second from left in photo), visited Penn College on Thursday to meet with (from left) college representatives Larry L. Michael, executive director of workforce and economic development; William J. Martin, senior vice president; and Tracy L.
Jeremiah C. Gee, outcomes assessment specialist in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Integrated Studies, recently presented a 75-minute session at the 64th annual Correctional Education Association international conference.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has earned a spot among the "Best Baccalaureate Colleges" in the North Region for the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges by U.S. News Media Group. The annual rankings, which include more than 1,400 schools nationwide, were announced in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands and online .
The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Prints, Drawings and Collages," a collection of work by Evan Summer, from Aug. 25 to Sept. 27. Summer's images are imbued with a sense of mystery. Abandoned structures in the landscape are a sign of the human presence and vital activity that no longer exist.
The publication G.I. Jobs has named Pennsylvania College of Technology to its 2010 list of Military Friendly Schools.
A Heavy Construction Equipment Operations class from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently toured the Chief Oil & Gas gas-drilling location in western Lycoming County, seeing a first-of-its-kind electric rig designed specifically for the Marcellus Shale play.
Four electric power generation technology majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology have each been awarded $2,500 from the Electrical Generating Systems Association, continuing the institution's seven-year streak of consecutive scholarship honorees. Included among the 12 David I. Coren Memorial Scholarship recipients for the 2009-10 academic year are John J. Albany, Garnet Valley; George D.
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