One of the nation's top centers for plastics research, development and education related to injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, rotational molding and thermoforming, will change its name, effective in January. In an effort to expand its industry outreach, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center will become the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.
A $619,212 federal grant for 2011-12 will enable Pennsylvania College of Technology to provide the latest instructional equipment for a variety of academic programs and majors. The Perkins Local Plan Grant, funded by the U.S.
During the Thanksgiving holiday week, Pennsylvania College of Technology basketball and wrestling teams competed in just one event each. This week, Wildcat basketball players open Penn State University Athletic Conference play Wednesday at Penn State Hazleton. The women play at 6 p.m. and the men at 8.
Two educators from a Rwandan preschool toured Penn College's Children's Learning Center on Monday and offered a public lecture in the Thompson Professional Development Center that evening. The lecture by Janet Brown, who helped establish the Cyakabiri School for Young Children in April, and Louisa Batamaliza, one of the facility's teachers, was hosted by the college's Early Educators Club.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology Chess Club has gone international, beginning an online competitionwith a team from Dubai Women's College . "We created a group on chess.com for our chess club, so we could meet and play games online against each other," explained Jim Cunningham, the college's vice president for information technology and the club co-adviser.
A potential pre-Thanksgiving Break tradition got off to a great start Monday night, as 23 students took part in the first Intramural Root Beer Pong Tournament. When it was all said and done, Samuel J. DiOttavio walked away victorious. "The tournament ran smoothly and everyone enjoyed themselves," said intramural assistant Jeremy R. Bottorf, who also provided photos.
Student-athletes from Penn College's fall sports golf, cross-country, men's and women's soccer, women's volleyball and tennis were honored during a Sunday banquet in the Thompson Professional Development Center. Photos by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer
About 90 students attended Friday's Snowball, the Wildcat Events Board's annual semiformal dance in Penn's Inn.
Students and employees again send seasonal wishes to their Pennsylvania College of Technology friends and colleagues, silently shouting "Happy Holidays" through 38 unique greeting cards on display outside the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology wrestling team offered the lone bright spot for winter sports teams over the past week as it won one of two matches, while the men's and women's basketball teams both went 0-3. Flashback WrestlingThe Wildcats opened Penn State University Athletic Conference action with a 47-12 win over Penn State Greater Allegheny on Wednesday.
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