Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a nearly $1.5 million federal grant to support students majoring in a transportation-related field. The National Science Foundation awarded $1,498,465 (grant No. 2221107) as part of its S-STEM program, which funds scholarships for academically talented low-income students.
More than 90 aviation students experienced a Gulfstream G280 business jet last week, thanks to an alumnus and his employer: Constellation Brands Inc. Patrick Herring, who received an aviation maintenance technician certificate from the college in 2000, arranged for the twin-engine jet to travel from Rochester, New York, to the Lumley Aviation Center.
Penn College aviation students attended an open house on Dec. 14 at Johnson & Johnson's corporate aviation department in Trenton, New Jersey. The event was conducted by Dean B. Hindes and Jacob A. Tinsman, both 2017 alumni of the college's aviation technology major. Adjunct faculty William F. Stepp III and William F. Stepp IV also attended the open house, at which students learned about business aviation and toured the company's hangar and Gulfstream 650 aircraft.
Sen. Tracy Pennycuick, chair of the state Senate Communications & Technology Committee, was among those visiting on Wednesday, impressed by a variety of instructional areas alongside Penn College administrators, state Sen. Gene Yaw and legislative colleagues.
A member of Penn College's aviation faculty is pictured in the October issue of AOPA Pilot magazine, a publication of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. An article by Emma Quedzuweit, assistant editor, details a "painstaking labor of love" by volunteers at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel – volunteers that include Michael Damiani, an instructor at the college's Lumley Aviation Center.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was among only seven selected worldwide to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Working Group. Alicia Martinez, of Allentown, a senior in the college's four-year aviation maintenance technology major, was awarded a first-place scholarship that provides a tuition waiver for a helicopter manufacturer training school and a stipend to offset expenses.
Penn College alumnus Christopher M. Gayman, who earned an associate degree in aviation technology (2009) and a bachelor’s in aviation maintenance technology (2010), placed fifth out of hundreds of entrants in a "Pilot Your Own Adventure" writing contest.
Participants in Penn College's pre-college aviation program got a royal reception during last month's visit to the Piper Aviation Museum and the Sentimental Journey Fly-In at the William T. Piper Memorial Airport.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's hands-on role in two community-enhancement projects was cited Wednesday by President Michael J. Reed, who also spoke before the State Transportation Commission on the region's ongoing need for dependable commercial airline service.
With eyes on the sky and a wide range of career options, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s emergency management & homeland security major staged its inaugural Wildcat Rotorfest on April 11.
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