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Penn College to host international Baja SAE competition

The four-hour endurance race depicted here will be one of several events during Baja SAE Williamsport, scheduled for next May at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Earth Science Center. The international collegiate competition requires schools to design and build a single-seat car to withstand various performance tests. Since 2011, the Penn College team has 13 top-10 finishes in the endurance race, including two wins in 2022. (Photo by team member Casey B. Campbell)
During the past decade, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Baja SAE team members have journeyed more than 20,000 miles to test their talent. Next year, they will travel less than 10 from main campus to do that. Penn College will host a Baja SAE competition May 16-19 at its Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Montgomery and Allenwood. Dubbed Baja SAE Williamsport, the international event is expected to attract 80-plus teams and about 800 competitors.

Penn College students lead in manufacturing scholarships

Pennsylvania College of Technology students received nearly a third of all scholarships from a national foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers. The students earned 13 of the 42 NBT (Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs – the foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International) scholarships for the Fall 2023 semester, more than any other school.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students received nearly a third of all scholarships from a national foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers. Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs – the foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association International – awarded the $1,500-$2,500 scholarships to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a certificate or degree program leading to a manufacturing career.

Study-abroad agency sees firsthand what Penn College offers

The group pauses in its travels in front of the Veterans' Fountain.
Two representatives of Beijing Prepare Education Technology Co., a China-based education consultancy that supports those wishing to complete their university degrees overseas, visited Penn College on Tuesday.

Penn College students make fixtures for global company

As part of a class project, students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Engineering Technologies designed and manufactured aluminum fixtures for Construction Specialties. The plates will facilitate the welding of expansion joints and other extrusions at the company’s facility in Muncy.
A simple question from a Pennsylvania College of Technology instructor resulted in a class project benefiting Construction Specialties, a global company with local ties.

Penn College Baja team begins new era with stellar showing

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Isaac H. Thollot drives the school’s all-terrain vehicle through the mud at Baja SAE Oshkosh in Wisconsin. The Penn College entry finished 10th out of 57 cars in the four-hour endurance race. The Baja SAE club has existed at Penn College for 18 years, but this was the first time the team had to build a four-wheel-drive car for the competition. (Photo by Casey B. Campbell)
A dedicated group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students ushered in a new era of competition with a strong showing recently at Baja SAE Oshkosh in Wisconsin.

Penn College dedicates ‘Baja Room’ for successful team

Thanks to the financial support of Ken and Kristie Healy, Pennsylvania College of Technology recently created a dedicated area for its champion Baja SAE team.
A new dedicated space for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Baja SAE team befits its recent accomplishments in international competitions.

Grant helps Penn College ‘manufacture’ girls’ career exploration

Welding engineering will be one of the subjects explored this summer at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Thingamajigs “Tinker-Belles.”
A national foundation is aiding Pennsylvania College of Technology’s efforts to spark interest among high school girls in rewarding manufacturing careers.

House GOP appropriations chair visits Penn College

The group gathers around a Haas 5-axis Universal Machining Center in College Avenue Labs, just one example of the corporate philanthropy that helps Penn College create career-ready graduates.
The chair of the State House Republican Appropriations Committee visited main campus on Tuesday, touring a variety of instructional areas with Penn College officials and two legislative colleagues.

Penn College group welcomed to manufacturer's open house

Penn College group welcomed to manufacturer's open house
Eighteen automated manufacturing students and four Penn College employees traveled to Elmira, New York, last week for an open house at Hardinge Inc., a leading international provider of advanced metal-cutting equipment.

Manufacturing, machining majors boosted by $1 million grant

Students like these at Pennsylvania College of Technology – who are studying manufacturing engineering technology, automated manufacturing technology and machine tool technology – will benefit from a $1 million Gene Haas Foundation grant to the college.
The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Pennsylvania College of Technology to facilitate renovations and upgrades to the college’s 12,200-square-foot automated manufacturing lab, which will be known as the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing.

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