Engineering Technologies Articles

A regional distributor of Automated Logic's Building Automation Controls equipment recently spearheaded a gift of $82,000 in instructional equipment to benefit students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's increasingly popular building automation technology major.

The legacy of a Pennsylvania College of Technology horticulture professor who inspired thousands of students during more than three decades as a respected and award-winning faculty member continues with the dedication of the arboretum at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The Richard J.

Volvo Construction Equipment North America has made another generous donation to support students at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Asheville, N.C.-based company recently donated a 2006 Volvo MC80B skid steer loader to be used by students in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management.

The Spring 2008 winner of the PCToday photo contest, which challengingly sought campus depictions of triangles, is "Rock 'n' Puddle," David P. Fabrizio Jr.'s orange-filtered look at a sidewalk after a downpour. An electrical occupations student from Coatesville, he wins $25 gift certificates from the College Store and Food Services.

The School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies will host afree summer camp from Wednesday, June 11-Friday, June 13. This three-day camp will introduce students entering ninth and 10th grades to a variety of engineering technology careers.

Last November, Jeffrey J.Faherty, a sophomore at Pennsylvania College of Technology, ran his first marathon ever in Harrisburg . Today, he's savoring the moment of running in and completing the Boston Marathon. Faherty covered the 26.2-mile course in 3 hours, 22 minutes April 21. "It was incredible," Faherty said of the experience.

Seven students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management including a blue-ribbon team in the log roll placed in the Mid-Atlantic States Intercollegiate Woodsmen's Meet at Haywood Community College in Clyde, N.C., on April 12.

A senior landscape/nursery technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was among competitors at the recent Student Career Days near Atlanta, winning honors for participation in educational sessions at the three-day event. Melissa D.

The state's top 20 high school automotive students will gather at Pennsylvania College of Technology next month for the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition to determine who will advance to the national finals this summer.

A second-year landscape/nursery technology student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was one of seven students to receive scholarships at the 2008 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Conference held Feb. 13 in State College. Melissa D. Berrier, of Mifflin scheduled to graduate in May was awarded a PLNA Foundation Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association.