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The founder and president of a Troy manufacturing company, who is also an alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor institution Williamsport Area Community College, has established two scholarships to benefit students in engineering design and manufacturing majors. John M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students received more than a third of all scholarships from a foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers.

Minarich went with a Penn College theme, earning an honorable mention for his caricature of President Michael J. Reed. Continuing a campus custom that dates to 2014, first-year students in the School of Engineering Technologies this week created virtual jack-o'-lanterns using SolidWorks computer-aided drafting and design software.

Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus Dylan C. Godinez is on the fast track for career success – literally. Just a few months after his May graduation, Godinez, of Reading, designed front and rear suspension brackets for a Ford Roadster that topped 200 mph in a sanctioned land speed race.

Construction Specialties, a New Jersey-based building products manufacturer with four local operations in eastern Lycoming County, has appreciably broadened its collaboration with Pennsylvania College of Technology. The company, a participant in Penn College’s Corporate Tomorrow Makers program, has established an endowed scholarship and sponsored three Pre-College Programs this past summer.

An adjunct member of Pennsylvania College of Technology's industrial design faculty – a Williamsport Area High School teacher and coordinator of the school district's K-12 art department – has been selected as a 2022 Outstanding Secondary Art Educator by the Pennsylvania Art Education Association. Andrea M.

Penn College's winning entry in mid-May's international Baja SAE competition at Cookville, Tennessee, figures prominently in a YouTube video posted by the Society of Automotive Engineers. The video features footage of the Penn College vehicle in action, as well as comments from the team's two drivers: Tyler J. Bandle, of Slatington, and Dakota C. Harrison, of Lewisberry.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology entrants placed first in their respective categories during last month’s 58th annual SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta. Bringing home the gold from the event – a showcase of the nation’s top career and technical education students – were Curtiss R. Gay, of Tunkhannock, who took part in the aviation contest, and Michael D.

Keating interviews Stilson about his experiences in the Thingamajig Fabricator Pre-College Program. Durant captures high school students hard at work in the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center. The reporter speaks with Webb about the program's value to high schoolers.

Allen captures footage as (from left) Secretary Weaver, Rice and Webb talk about the career opportunities represented by Penn College's various manufacturing majors. Weaver snaps a cellphone photo of the impressive equipment in the Shell Polymers Rotational Molding Center of Excellence (where, Rice noted, even the yellow steps were made in-house).