Construction Management Articles

Penn College construction management students finished second overall and brought home first-place honors in the Project Management category among 24 teams in last week's Associated Builders and Contractors Student Chapter Construction Management Competition in San Antonio. Representing the college's Construction Management Association were Nicholas J. Colaric, of Eighty Four; John M.

Several Penn College departments visited the STEM Fair at Park Forest Middle School in State College on March 16. The fair provides an opportunity for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students to engage in activities and presentations that convey that science, technology, engineering and math are viable and real career paths they can take.

The Construction Management Association held its annual Hog Bash on Thursday, serving up a free meal of pulled-pork sandwiches, cole slaw, chips, soda and bottled water to an appreciative Field House assembly. WPTC-FM provided on-air entertainment, and a mechanical bull and ladder golf were among the afternoon's other diversions. Photos by Sarah K. Mariano, student photographer

Seven members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Construction Management Association representing the smallest institution among the 23 colleges and universities at the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. national competition in San Diego recently returned with four awards including Student Chapter of Excellence honors.

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology students are among 40 recipients of 2009-10 "Build Your Future" scholarships from Centex Homes and the National Housing Endowment.

Penn College's Construction Management Association successfully defended its title of "Student Chapter of the Year" during the recent Associated Builders and Contractors' 2009 Student Construction Management Competition in Honolulu. Five construction management students and a faculty member Wayne R.

Eric J. Schall, a graduate of Jersey Shore Area High School, and Leonard C. Nicholas, a graduate of Abington High School, have been named Penn College's "co-Student-Athletes of the Week" for Oct. 5-12. Schall is a sophomore plastics and polymer engineering technology major and Nicholas a senior construction management major.

Kaitlyn M. Charmbury, a residential construction management: architectural technology student from State College, has been chosen as September's Student Government Association "Student of the Month" at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Mentorship Awards to two Baltimore-based companies and their representatives: Karl Quinn/Alban Tractor Co. Inc. and David A. Potts/ The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. The Mentorship Award recognizes alumni and/or businesses that have made significant or ongoing contributions to the education and development of Penn College students.

Continuing a mutually beneficial partnership that has crossed a number of years and academic majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology, members of the Construction Management Association and their adviser recently helped the local Habitat for Humanity chapter move into its own new Williamsport home. On a snowy Friday morning, more than a dozen students accompanied by Wayne R.