Pennsylvania College of Technology's aviation curriculum has been accredited by the National Center for Aircraft Technician Training − among only a handful of institutions to receive the designation and is the nation's first baccalaureate-degree program to be so recognized. The college is one of five partners in NCATT, established in 2005 under a National Science Foundation grant.
Two construction students at Pennsylvania College of Technology have collaborated on a "dream" project that will help local nursing-home residents better exercise their green thumbs. Bradley D. Martin, a construction carpentry major from Granville Summit, and Jacob D. Carlson, a cabinetmaking and millwork student from West Chester, recently built three planter boxes and accompanied by Marc E.
Pennsylvania College of Technology will combine its Admissions and Financial Aid Offices to enhance the services it provides to students, and the college has announced staffing changes resulting from the new office structure. Effective June 4, Dennis L. Correll, who had been director of financial aid since 2004, assumed the new position of associate dean of admissions and financial aid.
Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its eighth annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 13-17. Registration is open for up to 40 girls entering ninth and 10th grades.
A geology exhibit eons in the making will be on display June 10 in Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library. "Rockhounds: Digging the Ground Beneath Us" will spotlight more than 150 specimens of rocks, minerals and fossils from local personal hobbyists' collections. Hours will be 10:30 a.m.
Nicholas A. Vonada, associate professor of computer science in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies, recently earned a doctorate in adult education and instructional systems from The Pennsylvania State University.
The next Medical Assistant class at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus, located three miles east of Wellsboro, is scheduled to begin in August.
On Sunday, June 1, Birch B. Phillips Jr. and Annmarie Phillips were presented with the Directors Chair Award by the Community Arts Center Board of Directors. The Directors Chair Award is presented annually to recognize and honor individuals who have had a significant impact on the success of the Community Arts Center.
WPTC successfully participated in the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters' Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program, in which the station's public file and facilities were evaluated. Brad L.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Dental Hygiene Program raised $4,000 for a recent graduate who is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Mindy J. Crawford, who earned an associate degree in dental hygiene in 2004, was diagnosed with having at least three anaplastic astrocytomas (tumors) in her brain, all inoperable because of their locations.
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