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Yarrington pours samples for the panelists. The nose knows! Hamilton considers the aroma of Andrus's Kölsch attempts. The room where it happens! Ulmer holds her samples up to compare the colors to the color index on the big screen. Richards is in the foreground. The array of beer samples glows in the twilight of the evening. (Photo by Jennifer L.

An alumnus’s investment in the next generation of innovators, the literal future of American manufacturing, was spotlighted during the April 27 dedication of the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Whether working below ground level or well into the treetops, Michael A. Dincher's students get to experience the wide scope of arboriculture. Learning while beautifying, students aid General Services in the replacement of dead and dying trees on the south side of main campus. From left are Jesse D. Polys, an individual studies student from Cogan Station; and forest technology majors Kenny P.

Future health care professionals have access to a learning tool that simulates respiratory symptoms likely to be encountered in the field, thanks to a $2,500 sustaining grant from PPL Foundation to Pennsylvania College of Technology. The 2020 contribution enabled purchase of a lung sounds simulator, which mimics real-life scenarios essential to educating health care providers.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s 2020 class of occupational therapy assistant graduates achieved a 100% pass rate on the Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant exam. The exam is administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy.

Those who assume responsibility for cleaning up the commonwealth's roads under the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Adopt-a-Highway program – and more than 3,500 volunteers have signed on for stewardship of nearly 8,000 miles to date – generally have their commendable hands full tending to litter pickup alone.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student organization’s video about a viable do-it-yourself alternative to traditional concrete – with humor among its key ingredients – was a Top 20 finisher in a recent competition sponsored by an industry trade group.

Four members of the ConCreate Design Club joined instructor Harry W. Hintz Jr. at the Lycoming County Veterans Memorial Park this week, installing paving bricks engraved with the names of Penn College students and faculty who have worked on the project over the past three years. The group rendezvoused at the West Fourth Street/Wahoo Drive site with John O.

When local sports legend Bill Byham passed away in late May 2017, his unpublished novel – offering relevant life lessons through the prism of junior-high football – could easily have died with him.

A recent Scholarship Celebration, including remarks delivered from the new Center for Career Design, paid tribute to scholarship donors and vividly illustrated the life-changing impact that their support creates for Pennsylvania College of Technology students. Emceed by Kyle A.