As a commitment to the Pennsylvania College of Technology Scholarship Campaign, Larson Design Group has agreed to match gifts to the Lamont E. Butters Memorial Scholarship dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $5,000. The matching-gift offer has already generated $2,800 in new donations and pledges from Penn College alumni and Larson Design Group employees. The Lamont E.
Scholarships funded by AGA Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology enrolled in majors related to energy and natural gas career fields can apply for scholarship assistance provided by the American Gas Association.
A new scholarship fund will memorialize a Blair County surveyor who helped develop curriculum for students at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Ellis James Edwards/New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co.
Students in instructor Drew R. Potts' Strength of Materials class turned manila folders and craft glue into 19-inch bridge spans that were tested to failure in College Avenue Labs on Thursday. "The students have to write a report demonstrating the use of statics and strengths of material," said Potts, a member of Penn College's civil engineering faculty.
Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students received scholarships for 2011-12 from the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors' Foundation. The foundation presented 10 scholarships totaling $17,000. Melissa D. Thorp, a Penn College surveying technology student from Curwensville, was ranked in first place among the recipients, garnering a $3,000 scholarship award.
A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's surveying technology major performed prior to Saturday's U.S. Championship game at the Little League Baseball World Series. "It was an honor to sing for my country. I could not believe the crowd's applause," said Dylan T. Lackey, of Mountville, serving in the Army National Guard.
A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently returned from a collegiate engineering challenge the Baja SAE with a strong finish among some of the top engineering universities in North and South America and a "Best Prepared Award" from the contest judges.
"Concrete's Role in Sustainable Development,"detailing how concrete plays an integralpart in green building design and construction, will be presented at 3:30 p.m. April 6 in the Klump Academic CenterAuditorium. The guest speaker for the event, which is organized byDrew R. Potts, instructor of civil engineering technology at Penn College, will be Philip W.
The co-founder of a local engineering and surveying firm, whose resume includes a 2002 "degree that works" a bachelor's in civil engineering technology from Pennsylvania College of Technology will join his business partner and two juniors from Maranatha Christian School, Watsontown, in a project aimed at safer roads.
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 22 area high school students on campus during its free Discover Engineering Technology Camp.
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