Engineering Technologies Articles

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.

A member of the horticulture faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently joined colleagues from across the country in a visit with the nation's largest landscape-construction contractor, returning home with a $1,000 donation for the college's School of Natural Resources Management. Carl J. Bower Jr. attended the Second Annual Faculty Summit, held Feb.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center is featured in the latest issue of a national trade magazine, in which horticulture faculty member Carl J. Bower Jr. details the addition of a conifer garden to the facility's 5-acre arboretum.

Thirteen students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Natural Resources Management passed the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification exam offered at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near the close of the Fall 2007 semester.

The dean of Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Transportation Technology is among the higher-education professionals recently certified by the Society for College and University Planning. Colin W. Williamson joins about 100 colleagues nationwide and is one of very few in Pennsylvania who have completed the three-level SCUP Planning Institute.

Students and a faculty member from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently attended the Electrical Generating Systems Association On-Site Power School in New Orleans, participating in training sessions and meeting potential employers among the key industry representatives that attended. The group five students in the electric power generation technology major and Jon W.

An automotive graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technologyhas received the Technician of the Future award, sponsored by Mitchell 1 and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Colin N. Hoffard, of Willow Street, recognized for having the highest score in North America on the ASE exam, waspresented withthe honor during a Nov.