Forestry Articles

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center will observe the worldwide 39th Annual Earth Day by providing tours of the outdoor natural laboratory in and around the Allenwood-area campus. In what has become an Earth Day tradition, forestry professor Dennis F.

A cooperative project between Penn College forest technology students and the Pennsylvania Game Commission was featured in Tuesday evening's 5 p.m. Newswatch 16 broadcast. WNEP's Jim Hamill joined Game Commission personnel and students in Donald R.

Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Forestry Club were among the top finishers in a Woodsman's Meet held in conjunction with the college's Oct. 26 fall Open House at its campuses. Students from The Pennsylvania State University narrowly won the competition which was held at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood with a final overall score of 39-37.

Nearly 30 forestry technology majors at Penn College earned their Basic Wildland Firefighter Certification after completing a two-part training course provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center. The students, enrolled in Jack E.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented Outstanding Varsity Athletic Alumni Awards to Chad L. Karstetter, of Salona, and Katlyn D. Stupar, of State College. The honors were bestowed Oct. 11 during Homecoming 2008 festivities at the college.

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.

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.

Fifth-graders from Salladasburg Elementary School spent Tuesday morning at Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center, enlightened by forest technology students well-versed in a number of outdoor-related topics.

Six studentsat Pennsylvania College of Technology's Schneebeli Earth Science Center got personalized career advice from four industry representatives Tuesday, the semester's final session of the School of Natural Resources Management's time-tested Student Success Program.

Forest technology major Anthony J. Tettis, profiled on PCToday in February, fell short in his quest for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. But the Ridgway resident is justifiably proud of lasting so long on the tryout road, a committed year-and-a-half journey that endedat last month's final qualifying event in Houston.