Emergency Management & Homeland Security Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed nearly 400 K-12 students to 14 schools for its fourth Rotorfest. The event, organized by students from the college’s emergency management & homeland security program, provides an opportunity for attendees to interact with a wide range of emergency response professionals.

Nearly 300 students from the Lycoming Career and Technology Center, Hughesville, attended a mock crash held recently at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The simulated event, which focused on the dangers of impaired and unsafe driving, provided a glimpse into the sights and sounds of a tragic emergency situation.

State Rep. Clint Owlett shared a video on his Facebook page to highlight a recent emergency simulation provided to first-year state representatives by Penn College’s emergency management & homeland security faculty and students.

A group of state representatives recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology to learn more about the emergency management & homeland security program and further explore the Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives system.

WNEP-TV’s Mackenzie Aucker visited Rotorfest, an event planned and managed by Penn College emergency management & homeland security students, on Tuesday. Her story aired on the region's ABC affiliate station Tuesday evening.

WNEP-TV’s Mackenzie Aucker recently checked out Penn College’s new Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives – or MILO – system. Aucker interviewed William A. Schlosser, instructor of emergency management & homeland security, as well as students Isaak B. Fausey, of Mifflin, Emma J. Chilen, of Montoursville, and Erin N. Yerger, of Elizabethtown, to better understand the situational awareness simulator.

Four state representatives visited Penn College on Monday to learn more about its emergency management & homeland security degree and to try out the program’s new interactive simulation tool.

Seventeen members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Emergency Management Club spent time in New York City in early December to explore the city’s history of emergency management.

Raised in a family rooted in community service, Mikya L. Stake is forging her own path – balancing a full college course load with overnight shifts as a live-in volunteer at a local fire department.

Pennsylvania College of Technology emergency and homeland security instructor William A. Schlosser has been named a Certified Emergency Manager by the International Association of Emergency Managers.