Engineering Technologies Articles

The last "pop-up" employer information tables for Spring 2024 are lined up this week. Career Services coordinates these opportunities for Penn College students to connect with potential employers for internships or jobs. Bring your resume and step up to the table.

Sen. Nick Miller, a Democrat whose 14th senatorial district comprises portions of Lehigh and Northampton counties, visited Penn College Thursday, taking in a variety of instructional areas along with members of his staff, college administrators, and state Sen. Gene Yaw (R-23), who chairs the Penn College Board of Directors, and his staff. Coincidentally, Miller’s campus call overlapped with a visit by Christine M. Martin, president of PPL Electric Utilities, and other PPL employees.

A dozen students from North West Regional College, in Northern Ireland, recently wrapped up a two-week visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology, where they sat in on classes and dove into local culture.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Construction Management Association was named Student Chapter of the Year during the Associated Builders and Contractors Convention, held March 13-15 in Orlando, Florida. The ABC Student Chapter of the Year award recognizes an outstanding chapter for its accomplishments in programming, community service, communications/public relations, and interaction with its sponsoring ABC Chapter.

For the second consecutive year, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs is supporting a Pennsylvania College of Technology summer camp that introduces high school students to rewarding manufacturing careers. Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, has provided a $4,000 grant for the college to host Tinker Camp, a program for students entering grades 9-12.

Nine Pennsylvania College of Technology students and one faculty member were recently inducted into Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the first and only international honor society for the computing and information disciplines. This mission of UPE is to recognize academic excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels, promote the computing and information disciplines, and encourage their contribution to the enhancement of knowledge. 

April showers bring career flowers! Seven "pop-up" employer information tables are on tap the week of April 15. Career Services coordinates these opportunities for Penn College tomorrow makers to connect with potential employers. Bring your resume!

The 48th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition proved to be fertile territory for the talents of Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in landscape/plant production technology. At the powerhouse event held in Provo, Utah, Penn College placed 16th overall among 50 schools and achieved eight top-10 finishes in various categories. One student was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

April’s calendar is full of opportunity, with Career Services coordinating several “pop-up” employer recruitment events over the next few weeks. Three employers will locate around campus April 10-11, seeking tomorrow makers.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has hired industry veteran Benjamin R. Thomas as its director of construction and planning. Thomas comes to Penn College from Weis Markets Inc., where he was manager of architecture, responsible for the company’s conceptual and architectural designs. Thomas graduated in 1999 from Penn College's architectural technology major.