Diesel Truck, Heavy Equipment & Power Generation Articles

It's not every day that a cultural icon gives an online shoutout to a college student, but in fairness, Andrew C. Reisinger is no ordinary young man. Respectful of his parents, grateful for his education and unfailingly polite, it's no surprise that he'd be a national "poster boy" for success in the skilled trades.

A Pennsylvania company that gained international recognition during the rescue of trapped miners last year in Chile has established an endowed scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Schramm Inc.

An area Caterpillar dealership, honored earlier this year for its 15-year support of Pennsylvania College of Technology, has made another contribution to the School of Natural Resources Management. Randy Fetterolf, a corporate recruiter in the Bellefonte office of Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co.

The recent donation of a mini excavator will benefit a variety of academic majors within Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management. Jon Hume, the Case New Holland product specialist who arranged for the donation, delivered a 2007 E27B mini excavator and an Isuzu engine to the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood.

One of Pennsylvania College of Technology's most enduring corporate collaborations continued with a recent donation of $107,000 from the Caterpillar Foundation and its four-member coalition of dealers. "For more than 15 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been a partner with Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management," said Mary A. Sullivan, the school's dean.

One of Pennsylvania College of Technology's most enduring corporate collaborations continued with a recent donation of $107,000 from the Caterpillar Foundation and its four-member coalition of dealers. "For more than 15 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been a partner with Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management," said Mary A. Sullivan, the school's dean.

A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students won the 28th annual Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo, held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center as part of the college's Open House. The rodeo is sponsored by the Service and Operation of Heavy Equipment Association (S&O), a student organization at Penn College. The Oct.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students each have been awarded $2,500 scholarships from the Electrical Generating Systems Association, the eighth straight year in which at least one honoree has been chosen from the institution. Among the 12 David I. Coren Memorial Scholarship winners for the 2010-11 year are Timothy E. Funk, of Paradise; and Jason M. Hirtzel, of Williamsport.

With a number of campus events scheduled amid the early-summer swelter and the pending replacement of rooftop units affecting air-conditioning delivery to the Thompson Professional Development Center a cross-college contingency was employed to help keep visitors cool.

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York Inc. recently loaned another of its Kenworth hybrid trucks to Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management to be used as a teaching tool in the college's diesel equipment technology major. Students in instructor Mark E.