Construction & Architecture Articles

A campus organization at Pennsylvania College of Technology is putting its money where its classmates are, starting a scholarship fund to help construction students meet the costs of their education.

Anthony J. DiBucci (left) starts work March 31 with building construction instructor Glenn R. Luse. Construction continues alongside a sign explaining the Centennial commemoration. Ciaran E. Cahalane (left) and DiBucci lay another course of block. Brett D. Aldinger wields a sponge for a cleaner look. Luse adds his craftsman's finishing touches in readiness for Monday's event.

Aerial images captured by Pennsylvania College of Technology student Maxwell A. Davert are on display in the lobby of The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library, through April 23.

A common interest in the construction industry prompts an informal gathering ... ... of students, employers and faculty in a PCCA-sponsored event in Penn's Inn. The Penn College Construction Association expanded its opportunity to interact with potential employers with an invitation to remain on campus for a social event following this week's Career Fair.

A middle-schooler feels the weight of a sledgehammer as Harry W. Hintz, instructor of construction technology, shows the group several tools of the concrete masonry trade, including … … a diamond-tip saw … … and a float. Participants watch as concrete tumbles in a mixer. A youngster shovels green concrete to fill a paver mold.

Carol A. Lugg has been named assistant dean for the School of Construction & Design Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Lugg most recently was director of the Office of Transfer Initiatives, smoothing incoming students’ pathways to bachelor’s degrees and furthering articulation agreements with two-year institutions in majors that dovetail with Penn College’s academic offerings.

Bradley T. and Janae B. Rydbom, married Sept. 20 in Strasburg, are this year's Penn College Alumni Sweethearts. Congratulations to Bradley T. and Janae B. (Rohrer) Rydbom, selected as Penn College's Alumni Sweethearts for 2015.

Charitable construction students and supportive faculty, representing Penn College's active PCCA chapter, mingle at the fundraiser. Back row, from left, are Vincent S. DelMonte, of Berlin, N.J., and instructors Barney A. Kahn IV and Richard M. Sarginger. Seated, from left, are students Mark A. Lapszynski, of Kennett Square, and Michael J. Leventhal, of King of Prussia.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will continue the dialogue engendered by its Centennial Colloquia Series – designed to explore the impact of technology on society – by hosting a roundtable discussion with the series’ faculty presenters. Scheduled for Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.

Penn College's exciting two- and four-year majors were on display throughout the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg (Jan. 10-17), where representatives of the Admissions Office and the college's six academic schools entertained, educated – and even fed – the throng attending the traditional agricultural expo. – Photos by admissions representatives Sarah R. Shott, Sean M. Stout and Caleb J.