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The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved the college’s 2024-25 budget, authorized the hiring of a vice president for workforce development and OK’d a naming-rights agreement for the Community Arts Center with Journey Bank.

A foundation supporting packaging and processing education throughout North America has awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a Pennsylvania College of Technology polymer engineering student.

The Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship Program facilitated by Pennsylvania College of Technology continues to experience increased enrollment and engagement. Its most recent cohort featured 124 high school juniors and seniors from 21 public and private schools across the commonwealth. The longest-running registered pre-apprenticeship program in Pennsylvania, AMP enrollment numbers have doubled over the past two years.

It may be summer, but Penn College’s Diesel Performance Club and its 1959 B-61 Model Mack drag truck (nicknamed “Accelerated Learning”) are not taking any time off. They’re geared up for the East Coast Truck Nationals, set for this Saturday, June 22, at Numidia Dragway in Columbia County.

With the theme, “Strength through Collaboration,” Penn College hosted its second annual Juneteenth “Lunch & Learn” on Wednesday to honor the federal holiday. The sizable audience in Penn’s Inn included college employees, students and community members. The event highlighted the need for collaboration to achieve change, progress, equity, justice and quality education.

The National Science Foundation has recognized Pennsylvania College of Technology’s commitment to the plastics/polymer workforce by awarding a $594,574 Advanced Technological Education grant. The Practical Polymers for Students and Industry grant (award No. 2400810) will facilitate the redesign of the college’s polymer technology curriculum and support enhanced recruitment activities aimed at high school students, secondary teachers and incumbent workers.

The summer heat is on and so are Penn College's New Student Orientations. The first of eight sessions was held Tuesday, welcoming incoming Wildcats to campus prior to the start of the Fall 2024 semester. All new Penn College students, including transfer students and adult learners, are required to participate in an Orientation.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has appointed Kate Hummel as senior director of campus life and the residential experience. She began her duties on June 10. “Kate’s experience and expertise is second-to-none in the field of student affairs; her arrival will enable us to move student life forward in innovative and exciting ways,” said Jennifer McLean, dean of students.

Pennsylvania College of Technology teams had multiple highlights during their 10th season as members of the United East Conference and seventh season as full-fledged members of the NCAA. The Wildcats are on the map! "The 2023-24 year is hands-down the most successful year in school history in the NCAA era," Scott Kennell, director of athletics, said.

Laura A. Snyder, of Harrisburg, a May graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s landscape/plant production technology major, has attained Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist status after passing the formal exam required for certification. The PCH exam was administered on the last day of finals in early May by Carl J. Bower Jr., assistant professor of horticulture at Penn College. Snyder passed all four sections of the intensive test.