The Community Arts Center is the recipient of a generous $3,000 donation from Truist, through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program. The funding will support the CAC’s approved educational programs, which include the Student Summer Stock, Educational Series and The Nutcracker production.
A longtime advocate of applied technology education is donating $8,000 to empower area high school students taking college-credit courses via Pennsylvania College of Technology. PPL Electric Utilities has made the financial commitment through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program to support Penn College Dual Enrollment.
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. is increasing its longstanding support of Pennsylvania College of Technology. A leading global coatings company, Axalta has committed to an annual $15,000 donation of paint and related supplies for the next five years, benefiting collision repair and automotive restoration students
Among the many end-of-academic-year field trips enjoyed by Penn College students, a group of diesel and electric power generation students visited Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co.’s Ebensburg rebuild facility.
Continuing its support of Pennsylvania College of Technology, WM, formerly known as Waste Management, has donated $10,000 to back the institution’s dual enrollment program. Penn College Dual Enrollment enables academically qualified high school and career and technology education center students to take college-credit courses tuition-free during their regular school day.
Ten Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently awarded financial assistance through the Allan Myers Corporate Scholars program. Allan Myers, one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest heavy civil construction firms, is a decades-long supporter of the college and its “tomorrow maker” students.
The Physical Therapist Assistant Recruitment Day, held recently in the atrium of the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, connected a number of employers with the Penn College talent they are seeking. The event was among 12 major-specific recruitment opportunities organized by Career Services during Spring 2025.
Pennsylvania College of Technology landscape/plant production technology students are reaping the rewards they earned at the 49th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition, held recently at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Penn College’s contingent of 18 students achieved an excellent showing in the three-day event, placing 18th out of 54 schools, thanks to top finishes by seven students.
Alumnus Jeffrey L. Erdly, a longtime benefactor of Pennsylvania College of Technology with a distinguished career in the construction industry, was recently presented with an award by ASTM International, recognizing an ASTM member who has made significant professional contributions to the field of building technology and/or to multidisciplinary technical problem-solving in the construction industry.
Ernie Dojack, of Concrete Countertop Solutions, recently provided information and live demos to concrete science technology students enrolled in a Decorative Concrete class. Dojack, who has 15-plus years in the industry, showcased the difference between cast-in-place concrete countertop systems and precast concrete countertop methods and products.
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