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.
Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students were awarded national scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year from the American Welding Society Foundation. Bradley W.
One of the world's most recognizable names in agricultural and heavy construction equipment is providing scholarship opportunities for welding students at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Penn College's Children's Learning Center "Bunnies" toured the welding laboratory in the School of Industrial and Engineering Technologies on Wednesday, guided by a student whose daughter is in the group. Aaron P. Gimbel, a welding and fabrication engineering technology major from Tamaqua, showed the children the tools and equipment he uses in his courses. Leah R.
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