Two Pennsylvania College of Technology welding students are recipients of a national industry scholarship. Stephanie M. Puckly, a welding and fabrication engineering technology major from Spartansburg, and Gavin P. Bachman, a welding technology major from Slatington, each received a $2,500 Air Products Welding Scholarship, provided by the Air Products Foundation.
Students Ashley M. Otto and Kelsey L. Maneval pack Penn College backpacks that they’ll leave behind for residents of Nueva Santa Rosa, Guatemala. Picture books and Penn College backpacks are among items donated by the campus community for the remote village. Friend Bear finds a seat in a suitcase for the trip to Central America. Students glean details from nursing instructor Christine B.
A medication drop box, designed for year-round disposal of outdated or unneeded pharmaceuticals – both over-the-counter and prescription – has been installed in the lobby area of Penn College Health Services (Room 150, Bush Campus Center). The box was obtained from Lycoming County District Attorney Eric R. Linhardt and the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association.
Scientific aspects of time and humanity’s desire to control it will be addressed at the next presentation of the Technology & Society Colloquia Series at Pennsylvania College of Technology. “Manipulating Time Using Science, Technology and Literature” will be presented by David S. Richards, professor of physics, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.
Anthony D. Di Liberto Anthony D. Di Liberto, a first-year student in Penn College’s automotive restoration technology major, is one of three students nationwide vying for tuition assistance from the RPM Foundation.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology Woodsmen’s Team traveled to the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina to compete in the 21st Annual John Palmer Intercollegiate Woodsmen’s Meet on Oct. 1. This is the second trip to North Carolina in as many years for the team, which is part of the college’s Forestry Club.
Chef Richard J. McGlynn III, a member of the professional staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant, is set to compete against seven other Pennsylvania chefs at the 2016 Taste of Elegance. The event is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council.
Five professional development courses – four of them new to the schedule – will be held in November by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology. All of the classes will be taught on the college’s main campus in Williamsport; the cost for each is $195. Names, descriptions, dates and times are: Enhancing Your Emotional Intelligence (new) 9 a.m.
Faculty members Golshan (left) and Yoas staff the grill with perfection ... ... satisfying a pavilion full of hungry hikers. And what's a cookout without the melted-marshmallow joy of s'mores? Students take to the foothills, surrounded by the natural beauty of Penn's Woods.
Di Liberto captivates his audience ... ... and Von Zwehl coaches a potential successor during an AACA youth program in Hershey.
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