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Seven students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s construction majors have been awarded a total of $14,500 in varied scholarships, a significant reminder of employers’ support for the college’s sought-after “degrees that work.” “It is a testament to the industries that have provided funding for the educational opportunities of our students,” said Marc E.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology construction majors are among 10 students sharing $18,000 in scholarships from the Merit Shop Training and Research Center, presented during a recent meeting of the Keystone Chapter of the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. board of directors. Caleb M. Wise, a building automation technology student from Manheim, received $2,500, and Cody A.

A donation from PPL Corp. will go toward purchase of equipment for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electrical technology majors. Teri MacBride, PPL’s regional community relations director, recently delivered a $3,000 check to the college’s Institutional Advancement Office to buy 20 new oscilloscopes for the School of Construction and Design Technologies.

Green careers are the focus of the latest episode of "degrees that work.tv," an award-winning documentary series produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA Public Media. Rewarding career possibilities in energy efficiency and renewable energy are explored during the show, which premieres throughout northeastern and northcentral Pennsylvania on April 12 at 8 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

A leading provider of equipment, controls and services for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and security systems has selected Pennsylvania College of Technology as a beta-testing site for new building automation software. Johnson Controls Inc. donated equipment and software valued at more than $18,000 to be used in four buildings on the Penn College campus.

The latest episode of Penn College's award-winning, career-awareness television series, " degrees that work.tv , " is available online. The second of two episodes devoted to green careers, this edition explores the energy efficiency and renewable energy job sectors with the help of building science and sustainable design majors at Penn College and national experts.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has received equipment and software from Honeywell to support the college's bachelor-degree major in building automation technology. Todd S.

Penn College was among 26 exhibitors at the Career and Technical Education celebration Feb. 8-9 in the East Wing Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg. The college's renewable energy technologies and building science and sustainable design majors were among the key programs highlighted during Tuesday's opening ceremonies.

The family of a young Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus who died unexpectedly in October has established a scholarship fund at the college in his memory.

A senior in Penn College's four-year building automation technology major is part of a short video that Southland Industries is using to promote its internship program. Clayton J.