Building Construction Articles

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.

Marc E. Bridgens, dean of construction and design technologies, assesses progress Friday. Mountain stone climbs the exterior walls of the turbine-control building, rising to meet the white vinyl siding that will soon be installed. The 576-square-foot structure will be topped by a blue metal roof, matching another at the ETEC site.

Students in Peter Kruppenbacher's Construction Hand and Power Tools class recently built 10 picnic tables for the pavilion at the Energy Technology Education Center along Route 15. Student-built tables await delivery to ETEC pavilion.

Christopher P. Brennan Junior Christopher Brennan (New Hope) was named the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and Penn State University Athletic Conference men’s soccer Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 14. In the Wildcats’ only game of the week, Brennan scored a season-high four goals and added an assist to lead the team to a 6-1 win over Penn State New Kensington.

Seven students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s construction majors have been awarded a total of $14,500 in varied scholarships, a significant reminder of employers’ support for the college’s sought-after “degrees that work.” “It is a testament to the industries that have provided funding for the educational opportunities of our students,” said Marc E.

Sgt. Peter J. Cassarly displays college flag. A May 2011 graduate's Penn College Pride has followed him to Afghanistan, where he was recently photographed holding a college flag on the hood of his command vehicle. Army Sgt. Peter J. Cassarly, an alumnus of the residential construction technology and management major, is serving with the Indiana (Pa.)-based 420th Engineering Route Clearance Co.