Industry Partnerships Articles

Thirteen students, joined by three faculty members, an assistant dean and two alumni, just wrapped up an impactful four days at World of Concrete, an international trade show that encompasses 700,000 square feet inside and outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among highlights, faculty members Franklin H. Reber, instructor of building construction technology, and Joe F. DiBucci, instructor of building construction technology: concrete and masonry, were interviewed on the Coatings Coffee Shop sound stage.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of $40,000 in grant funding from the EQT Foundation in support of two initiatives benefiting K-12 students. The money will be split evenly between STEMFest, a hands-on engagement day highlighting technical careers, and the Journey Bank Community Arts Center’s Educational Series, which provides annual arts programming and classroom resources.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded scholarships totaling $10,000 from the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation.

Seventeen members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Emergency Management Club spent time in New York City in early December to explore the city’s history of emergency management.

Thanks to the generosity of two companies, Pennsylvania College of Technology has a new crane system in its 55,000-plus-square-foot welding facility.

Penn College Workforce Development staff members recently assisted industry leaders – including two Penn College alumni – at a two-day class focusing on the essential elements of thermoforming. The course, which attracted 23 professionals from 13 companies, was held in conjunction with Kiefel Technologies Inc. and took place at the company’s Dover, New Hampshire, facility.

The Penn College Workforce Development polymers team recently attended the Da Vinci Science Center’s Manufacturing Career Connection Day in Allentown. More than 500 students attended from Lehigh Valley schools.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s heating, ventilation & air conditioning majors have access to a variety of specialized tools donated recently by Peirce-Phelps, a distributor of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and building automation and energy management systems, and JB Industries, a manufacturer of HVAC tools.

Pennsylvania College of Technology landscape/plant production technology students, along with Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture, and Wyatt C. Forest, horticulture laboratory assistant, recently traveled to Kent, Ohio, to participate in Davey Tree Expert Co.’s two-day Davey Tree Collegiate Day. Penn College, along with 10 other colleges, visited the company’s Science, Employee, Education and Development campus.

Meet Marissa Rupert. On her way to earning bachelor’s degrees in automation engineering technology and software development & information management, Rupert details her two internships and shares how she’s building confidence, one hands-on experience after another.