Building Construction Articles

Fourteen of this fall’s first-year students in construction and design majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been selected as Built Environment Scholars in a program that rewards academic talent in science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related fields.

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty members were honored during Spring 2018 Commencement ceremonies for their outstanding teaching abilities. Joanna K. Flynn, associate professor of mathematics, was presented with the highest honor accorded to Penn College faculty: the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award.

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.

A helicopter lands in a Himalayan village to transport Daniel J. LaSota, ’09, to his next assignment. LaSota is a project manager for Steadfast Nepal, helping to replace homes destroyed by 2015 earthquakes. From the Spring 2018 Penn College Magazine: Residential construction technology and management graduate Daniel J.

Girls in ninth through 12 grades visited Pennsylvania College of Technology on Friday for a hands-on exploration of careers in construction and design.

Five Army ROTC cadets from Pennsylvania College of Technology and two from Lycoming College have been rewarded with scholarships and commissioning contracts for their dedication and perseverance. Penn College scholarship recipients are residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration majors Hayden N. Beiter, of Williamsport, Jordan H.

Penn College students (at left) Wyatt R. Ford, of Oreland, and Hunter M. Landis, of Middletown, mentor visitors to their assigned workstation. Luse (visible at left background) shares his time-tested craft with tomorrow's designers and builders. Furnished with trowels and masons' "mud," two Penn State students get to work on laying block. Penn College student Joe J.

Balzer engages BE scholars and architectural technology students in the Hager Lifelong Education Center ... ... and joins colleague Richline (left) in effecting a students' virtual-reality experience. Two alumni employees of Larson Design Group – David I. Balzer (’01, architectural technology), director of retail design, and Ty C.

Penn College alums Jeffrey T. Feeman and Franklin N. Carr enhance the experience of thousands of spectators every year at Sight & Sound Theatre in Lancaster, which offers the largest faith-based live productions in the United States and is one of the nation's top three theatrical destinations.

Piping for the event's dressing rooms lies on the YWCA floor, awaiting the hands-on expertise of construction majors. From left, Shaffer, Hillman and Saylor skillfully tackle the task at hand.