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Through its Workforce Development & Continuing Education office, Pennsylvania College of Technology has received $416,685 from Chevron U.S.A. to support scholarships, curriculum development and ongoing outreach in energy and manufacturing. Penn College will continue the promising practices first started through ShaleNET, a U.S.

Before they headed back to elementary school, a group of children at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Dunham Children’s Learning Center got a hands-on taste of the technical world, exploring how things are made. Children tour the automated manufacturing lab, where Penn College students use industry-standard equipment to prepare them for careers in manufacturing engineering.

SkillsUSA Pennsylvania College of Technology produced three medalists during the 52nd annual National SkillsUSA Conference, held recently in Louisville, Kentucky – including a repeat gold medal-winner in the Technical Drafting category. Penn College student Kyle T.

A determined group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in manufacturing-related majors proved to be among the best in the world at a recent high-powered international competition. The nine-member Penn College contingent produced three top-five showings for individual events and finished 11th overall out of 98 collegiate teams at Baja SAE Rochester.

Team Hammertime includes Penn College student Alexander J. Horne (far left). A student in Penn College's manufacturing engineering technology major will compete on ABC's "BattleBots" when the popular series begins its second season at 8 p.m. Thursday. Alexander J.

A prominent American manufacturing education foundation is supporting Pennsylvania College of Technology’s commitment to the field by awarding $20,000 in scholarship funds for the 2016-17 academic year.

Pennsylvania College of Technology manufacturing students proved resilient against nature at the recent Baja SAE Tennessee Tech international competition. The students’ resourcefulness led to a higher finish than the previous year and renewed hope for a championship-caliber performance when they compete again in June.

Seventeen first-place winners from Pennsylvania College of Technology have advanced to the 52nd annual National SkillsUSA Conference, to be held from June 20-24 in Louisville, Kentucky. Three other students finished in the top four places in their respective categories during the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held earlier this month in Hershey.

Attending to details are William C. Hayden, of Greensburg, an engineering design technology major ... ,,, and Alexander J. Horne, a manufacturing engineering technology student from West Chester. 'bots ready for battle Assembled in College Avenue Labs are (foreground, from left) Matthew A. Semmel, of Palmerton, engineering design technology; Kaylee R.

An alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology's predecessor institution will be memorialized through an endowed scholarship established by his mother. The Joseph E.