On the basis of stellar performances in recent state competition, 11 Pennsylvania College of Technology students are bound for the National SkillsUSA Conference from June 23-28 in Kansas City, Mo.
(The following is drawn from remarks by Davie Jane Gilmour, Pennsylvania College of Technology president, during a May 10 all-college meeting to end the Spring 2012 semester) Good morning. Whether translated as a blessing or a curse, the proverb, “May you live in interesting times” certainly applies to 2011-12 at Penn College.
The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Illuminations," an exhibit of works by Cathy Breslaw, from May 18 to June 28. Breslaw's work explores the possibilities of using familiar and accessible commercial materials to create art pieces that awaken the mind and spirit.
Jeremy L. Thorne, a landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis major from Sugarloaf, recently received the Silver Shovel award from the Maryland-based Denison Landscaping & Nursery Inc.
Fifteen Penn College horticulture students and instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. recently took a field trip to the gardens of the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C. While there, the group met with Sarah A. Tietbohl, a 2005 floral design/interior plantscape alumna and a 2006 graduate in technology management.
The Penn State University Athletic Conference released its end-of-the-year awards for baseball Wednesday and eight Penn College players made the cut. Highlighting the strong showing was senior Skylar Gingrich (Lititz) who was named Player of the Year after ending the season leading the PSUAC in batting average (.443), RBI (53) and home runs (8).
The top two groups of Penn College's four-year construction management majors, as chosen from among seniors who presented their capstones in a Project Development course last month, made follow-up appearances before Senior Pastor Andy Beare and others at the Greenview Alliance Church in Loyalsock Township on Thursday.
Penn College's Construction Management Program recently held its first "Coining Ceremony" for graduating seniors. Adopting a popular military tradition, a specially engraved construction management coin has been issued to alumni since the major celebrated its 20th anniversary last fall.
Twenty-one Pennsylvania College of Technology students were hired by Levy Restaurants to help prepare meals for guests attending the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 5.
A recent exhibit at The Gallery at Penn College, coupled with the expertise of a Pennsylvania College of Technology physics professor, provided a fun, educational field trip for hundreds of area elementary and middle school students.
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