Welding Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology student Ryan P. McCollum, of Warrington, received a national scholarship from the American Welding Society Foundation for the 2010-11 academic year. McCollum, who is pursuing a bachelor's degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology, was selected to receive the Past Presidents Scholarship.

Penn College hosted the annual American Welding Society Welding Competition for secondary and postsecondary welding students Friday morning.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's SkillsUSA student organization will host six District 6 skills competitions at the college on Jan. 29. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that, in an effort to alleviate skills shortages in the workforce, develops employability, participatory and leadership skills.

The Penn College student chapter of the American Welding Society recently toured the Shady Grove manufacturing facility of Manitowoc Cranes, thanks to company representatives Jacob Sensinger and Sammy Munuswamy. The students were able to see all aspects of the mobile crane manufacturer.

Members of the American Welding Society student chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology designed and fabricated a bench to memorialize a former classmate who died in an automobile accident. Colt W. Jenny, of New Sewickley Township, who graduated with an associate degree in welding technology in December 2007, died in September 2008. He was 21.

Penn College's welding department has taken up residence at 401 Eureka Place, in the eastern side of the city, for 2009-10. The site accommodates laboratory equipment, classrooms and faculty offices while the Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center undergoes renovation. The department plans to move back to its renovated space on main campus by Fall 2010.

A group of high school and college welding teachers from around the nation are on campus for a Weld-Ed "Train the Trainer" workshop offered through the National Center for Welding Education and Training (Weld-Ed) at Lorain County Community College, Lorain, Ohio, and Penn College, a Weld-Ed regional center.

An episode of Pennsylvania College of Technology's "degrees that work." career-awareness television series, a co-production with WVIA-TV, has received the highest honor in the 2009 Communicator Awards, which honors the best creative work in the communications fields.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's career-awareness television series "degrees that work." has been honored with a Silver Telly (the annual Telly Awards' highest honor) for an episode on welding. A co-production of Penn College and WVIA-TV, "degrees that work." highlights career fields identified by state and federal labor officials as important for future employment growth.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented a Distinguished Alumnus Award to Robert O. Rolley Jr. and an Alumnus Achievement Award to Robert V. Blauser during Spring 2009 Commencement ceremonies held May 15 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport.