About 180 people including 110 Williamsport Technical Institute alumni visited campus Friday during the eighth annual reunion for graduates of Penn College's earliest predecessor. Besides reuniting with friends and former classmates, W.T.I. alumni toured the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood and heard about the college's Stage X building program from Barry R.
A Tioga County mason and Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate whose dry-stone loop impressively marks the gateway to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center has joined with students to craft another rustic addition to the Allenwood-area campus. James A.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences recently held two summer camps for high school students interested in exploring a career in a health-care profession: the second annual EMT/Paramedic Camp on June 6-8 and the eighth annual Health Careers Camp from June 11-13.
The second episode of the "degrees that work." television series, a co-production of Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA-TV, is set to premiere on the public-television station at 7:30 p.m. on June 29.
At the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Economic Association, Abdul B. Pathan, professor of economics at Pennsylvania College of Technology, presented a paper regarding child labor.
Brady L. Breon and Steven A. Wilson, both faculty members in the Pennsylvania College of Technology paramedic program, were honored recently at the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council banquet at the Genetti Hotel in Williamsport. Breon was recognized as the "EMS Instructor of the Year," and Wilson was named the "Rescue Technician of the Year" for Lycoming County.
Area Boy Scouts experienced the outdoor laboratory of Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center during Forestry Youth Camp from June 11-13.
Teams of educators from school districts and career and technology centers across the state are on campus this week for the Governor's Institute on Career Education and Work, facilitated by Penn College's Outreach for K-12 Office. With guidance from experienced mentors, the teams are working to develop strategies to implement the state's Career Education and Work Standards into their curricula.
The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies held a camp for 20 ninth- and 10th-grade students June 11-13. Campers were introduced to a variety of engineering technology careers by providing: information on engineering technology careers, hands-on workshops, tours of engineering facilities and an opportunity to network with current Penn College students and faculty.
The Williamsport Regional Association of Pilots heldits annual drive-in/fly-in at Penn College's Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville on Saturday. WRAP arranged for four speakers to address participants: Bob Miller, a member of the Niagara Frontier Aviation and Space Hall of Fame and an aviation publisher; Jennifer Hotsko, mission coordinator of Angel Flight East; J.J.
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