Diesel Technology & Natural Resources Articles

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.

Among the many end-of-academic-year field trips enjoyed by Penn College students, a group of diesel and electric power generation students visited Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co.’s Ebensburg rebuild facility.

It’s that time of year again: Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center is rolling out the “greenhouse carpet,” inviting shoppers to its annual bedding plant sale. The much-anticipated event begins Monday, May 5 and runs through Wednesday, May 7. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, with Wednesday’s hours 9 a.m. to noon.