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As part of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Scholarship Campaign, Penn College Foundation Board of Directors member Paul H. Rooney Jr. and his wife, Tacie, have established an annual scholarship in memory of Tacie’s parents. First preference for awards from the C. Leroy and Evelyn M.

The inspirational story of a building construction technology: masonry emphasis major is explored in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s YouTube Channel. The nearly four-minute video highlights the associate-degree major through the experiences of Nicole Reyes-Molina, of Lancaster.

Employees in the General Services department at Pennsylvania College of Technology are supporting a scholarship established by one of their own.

Visitors check out the structural integrity of students' construction work – including an assessment of whether the roof is sturdy enough "to hold Santa Claus." With the dean's assistance, each of the children donned the requisite eye protection and operated a power screwdriver.

Students from construction majors and several other disciplines skillfully represented Pennsylvania College of Technology during competition at the National Association of Home Builders International Builders’ Show recently held in Las Vegas.

Joshua E. Longsderff Penn College baseball player Joshua E.

Wiring the wind turbine are, clockwise from left, Sam Courtney, installation supervisor for Wind Turbines of Ohio, LLC; Jon W. Hart, instructor of building automation technologies/HVAC/electrical; and Paul T. Jordan, a renewable energy technologies major from Williamsport. Sam Courtney checks the readout on the controller, inside a building adjacent to the 80-foot turbine tower, with Wayne E.

About 50 architecture students from The Pennsylvania State University visited Penn College's masonry lab Wednesday, gaining hands-on experience and a heightened appreciation of  the relationship between design and construction.

Jonathan M. Probst, a residential construction technology and management major from Allison Park, has been chosen as January’s Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Jonathan M. Probst A Senior Resident Assistant in Campus View Apartments and a part-time student clerk in the Residence Life Office, Probst is also a member of the Penn College Construction Association.

Knocking free the supporting form, instructor Glenn Luse shares a student's excitement when her arch holds firm. A Penn State student pleasantly accepts a trowel (and some learned advice) from the industry's Ron Bower. Faculty member Richard Motter helps a duo maneuver a block into place. Instructor Robert Gresko offers personalized attention to students working with stone.