State Sen. Patrick M. Browne, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, visited Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday. Browne, who represents the 16th District – which includes Allentown and other municipalities within Lehigh County – came to campus after presenting an election and legislative update at a breakfast sponsored by the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.
A second gift of $500,000 from the Tamaqua-based John E. Morgan Foundation has boosted an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology to more than $1 million. The John E.
Lycoming Engines’ longtime support of Pennsylvania College of Technology and its academic programs was celebrated on campus recently with the unveiling of new signage at the college’s Metal Trades Center. Members of the Penn College community and representatives of Lycoming Engines – including alumni of the college employed by the company – gathered on Oct.
Students get a closer look at an advertising icon: 246 feet long and (even at 10 tons) lighter than air! A student learns about the new airship's instrument panel, which features a multiscreen display and a steering system controlled by joystick. Based in Ohio and launched this summer, Wingfoot Three brings the tire maker's upgraded fleet to full complement.
Newswatch 16's Nikki Krize visited the Lumley Aviation Center on Tuesday afternoon for a story about Lycoming Engines' recent donation of 15 aircraft engines to benefit Penn College aviation students. Krize interviewed Walter V. Gower, assistant dean of transportation and natural resources technologies, and Christopher M.
Longtime Pennsylvania College of Technology partner Lycoming Engines has donated 15 aircraft engines to be used for instructional purposes in the college’s aviation majors. The donation, valued at $317,500, will benefit students enrolled in the aviation maintenance technology bachelor’s degree, the aviation technology associate degree and the aviation maintenance certificate major.
Nearly all 27 members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s SkillsUSA team – 21 of them advancing to the 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky – earned medals during recent state competition.
Faculty member Michael R. Robison soars above the Bald Eagle Ridge in a German-built glider. From the Spring 2018 Penn College Magazine: Using the power of the atmosphere, glider pilot Michael R. Robison, a Penn College aviation instructor, soars among world-class competitors. Read "The Sky's No Limit."
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were among only seven selected internationally to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Committee. Samuel J. Pham, of Camp Hill, and Christopher J.
An associate professor of aviation at Pennsylvania College of Technology has contributed to an avionics textbook. Thomas D. Inman wrote two of the seven chapters for the Avotek Information Resources-published “Avionics: Instruments and Auxiliary Systems”: Chapter 3, covering Air Traffic Surveillance and Warning, and Chapter 4, focused on Weather and Terrain Awareness Avoidance. Thomas D.
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