Weeks of preparation and tireless teamwork will culminate in this weekend's 11th annual Susquehanna 500 Mini-Indy competition, in which Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty/staff and students and a group of visitors from Mexico will continue their historic participation on behalf of the American Red Cross.
Faculty members in the welding technology department at Pennsylvania College of Technology have established a scholarship fund to support their students. Donald O. Praster, interim dean of industrial and engineering technologies, said the Penn College Welding Faculty Scholarship will generate an annual award of $500.
A welding instructor from the Monroe Career & Technical Institute in Bartonsville was so impressed by a visit last year to Pennsylvania College of Technology that he spearheaded the effort to establish a scholarship fund to encourage his students to attend the college.
Three Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded national scholarships for 2007-08 from the American Welding Society. Martin D. Denault, of Clarks Summit, was awarded the Matsuo Bridge Co., Ltd., of Japan Scholarship.
American Welding Society President Gerald D. Uttrachi visited Penn College on Wednesday. During the stay, he toured the schools of Industrial and Engineering Technologies, Transportation Technology, and Natural Resources Management. He was scheduled to speak at a dinner to honor winners from the local AWS high-school and post-secondary welding competition, held on the college's campus Feb. 28.
Engineers in the United States including those who receive their education at Pennsylvania College of Technology are celebrating National Engineers Week (Feb. 18-24), highlighting the impact engineers make on society by improving the products and processes we use every day. Jennifer R.
On Dec. 12, Jim Clark, manager, training, of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, paid a visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology's welding department to share with faculty and students some information about the shipyard, its products and procedures, and some opportunities for welding employment with the shipyard.
A freshman in Pennsylvania College of Technology's welding and fabrication engineering technology major recently advanced to a new level of competition that will culminate at the U.S. Open Weld Trials at the SkillsUSA Championships in Kansas City, Mo., in June. Westley A. Smith, Mifflinburg, plans to become an engineer after earning a bachelor's degree from Penn College.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology freshman is one of six students nationwide selected to compete in the American Welding Society's Weld-Off, to be held at the AWS Welding Show and Exposition in Atlanta from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. Westley A. Smith, Mifflinburg, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in welding and fabrication engineering technology.
A group of students enrolled in the Welding Design course at Pennsylvania College of Technology volunteered to help with a project that saved a Williamsport woman the thousands of dollars she would have had to pay for a new wheelchair lift. When Donna Persing bought a new wheelchair, it did not fit on her van's lift. She contacted Donald O.
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