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The Penn College Construction Association partnered with Pennsylvania State Police this semester, creating two sets of custom cornhole boards and four awards for Lycoming County Police Camp Cadet’s second annual tournament next summer. Cpl.

The neon T-shirts of students, chaperones and volunteers sufficiently chased away the gloom and allowed a rainy Thursday's "PA Build My Future" to flourish unimpeded.

Among the newer additions to the Pennsylvania College of Technology community as the Fall 2022 semester begins are 19 faculty members, as provided by the Office of People & Culture. Fifteen will begin their instructional duties on Aug. 11; the remainder were added to the roster as noted. "This cohort of new faculty possesses a wide range of experiences and skills," said Joanna K.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education has awarded Pennsylvania College of Technology a PAsmart Advancing Computer Science and STEM Education Grant.

Williamson enlightens her Reach Road audience during an installation training in late June. (Photo provided) Building construction technology alumna Daun M. Williamson will conduct a second Vinyl Siding Institute installer training next month at the college’s Clean Energy Center, 2245 Reach Road.

Daun Williamson, who graduated from Penn College last month with an associate degree in building construction technology, will conduct a Vinyl Siding Institute installer training later this month at the college's Clean Energy Center. Williamson, the only person to hold three VSI certifications – as an installer trainee, an installer and a trainer – will instruct the course from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thirty-four Pennsylvania College of Technology students – half of whom subsequently earned degrees last month – recently attained International Codes Council certification as Building Code Specialists. The students comprised three sections of construction technology instructor Harry W. Hintz Jr.’s Codes in Construction class during the spring semester.

Meet Tucker D. Phillippe-Johansson, a member of the men's tennis team who recently graduated with a bachelor's in residential construction technology & management and an associate degree in building construction technology. "When I'm serving, usually I think about where I want to hit the ball before I do it," the Mattituck, New York, resident says in a new Wildcat Spotlight video.

A building construction technology student is Pennsylvania College of Technology's first graduate in its alliance with The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation Inc., which funded a $1.8 million scholarship program for underserved populations from the commonwealth's southeastern neighborhoods. The distinction belongs to Isaiah S.

Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's ConCreate Design Club joined municipal Department of Public Works employees Friday for installation of three benches in Williamsport's Memorial Park, the culmination of a yearlong civic-improvement enterprise.