Diesel Technology & Natural Resources Articles

Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently joined Friends in Action, International, for a one-week work trip to assist Ethnos360 at a training center in Missouri.

FedEx, a longtime supporter of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s diesel technology major, donated a 2014 Kenworth T680 semitrailer truck for students to utilize in a variety of hands-on diesel courses. “FedEx consistently supports our diesel technology program through advisory board, accreditation visits, diesel competitions and truck donations,” said Justin W. Beishline, corporate relations officer.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted 13 educators – representing 10 schools and three states – at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center for a two-day diesel externship consisting of classroom and hands-on experience.

GT&E celebrated the six Penn College students and May graduates who accepted positions with the construction equipment dealer with a “signing day” on campus. GT&E’s Jeff Oldham, CEO; Daryl Black, chief financial officer; Samantha White, director of human resources; and Lance Bucha, regional operations manager, visited the college’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center to welcome the new additions.

Students in the diesel technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology are benefiting from the donation of a Mack truck from Bergey’s Truck Centers. The truck, a 2018 Mack CXU613, will give students additional hands-on experience related to their major, further boosting their real-world skills.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has named John A. Pecchia as its new assistant dean of diesel technology and natural resources. Pecchia comes to Penn College from Penn State, where he most recently held three concurrent roles: associate research professor, director of graduate studies for the Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department, and director of the Mushroom Research Center.

Kiewit held a Signing Day at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center recently, celebrating seven students who will be interning with the Fortune 500 construction and engineering leader in seven different states.

The first grange in Pennsylvania has benefitted from the skills of Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the landscape/plant production technology major. Guided by Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture, students created and installed a landscape design for Eagle Grange No. 1, located less than one mile from the Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

For the 10th year, Pennsylvania College of Technology has received notification of its Tree Campus Higher Education designation, and students marked the milestone by planting crabapple trees at the college’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center.

There’s always something intriguing going on at Penn College’s campuses, and one calm-weather day in April unfolded a controlled burn for the benefit of forest technology students and the Schneebeli Earth Science Center woodlands.