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Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Workforce Development division has consolidated its program units under a single, cohesive brand, a move that reinforces the department’s aim to complement and extend the mission of the college.

The Clean Energy Center at Penn College has launched a new marketing campaign and workforce readiness program to help Pennsylvania weatherization employers fill their critical need for workers. This effort includes a new website and a series of digital, social media, and radio ads running in areas of Pennsylvania that have the most significant need for trained employees.

The Clean Energy Center’s weatherization career readiness program, called Next Door, has hosted a series of recent field trips for more than 90 career and technical education center students to the center’s labs in Williamsport and Harrisburg. 

Read the Spring 2025 edition of Penn College Magazine, featuring the feats of the Diesel Performance Club and its lightning quick “Accelerated Learning” Mack truck; the Hall of Fame-worthy tool collection of Eric L. Anstadt, assistant professor of electrical technology/occupations; the Clean Energy Center’s expanding reach; the architecture & sustainable design program’s past and present, and much more.

Read the Spring 2025 edition of Penn College Magazine, featuring the feats of the Diesel Performance Club and its lightning quick “Accelerated Learning” Mack truck; the Hall of Fame-worthy tool collection of Eric L. Anstadt, assistant professor of electrical technology/occupations; the Clean Energy Center’s expanding reach; the architecture & sustainable design program’s past and present, and much more.

Whether you're a home or business owner looking to reduce energy demands and lower costs, or you're considering exploring a building science career path, this conversation is for you: "Creating Healthy Buildings." In the latest episode of the Tomorrow Makers podcast, Jason Embick, executive director of the Clean Energy Center, shares his expertise and boosts everyone's energy consumption knowledge.

Whether you're a home or business owner looking to reduce energy demands and lower costs, or you're considering exploring a building science career path, this conversation is for you: "Creating Healthy Buildings." In the latest episode of the Tomorrow Makers podcast, Jason Embick, executive director of the Clean Energy Center, shares his expertise and boosts everyone's energy consumption knowledge.

The Gallery at Penn College has updated its lighting system, thanks to a $15,000 award from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative, a grantmaking program established by the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. Located in The Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology, the gallery replaced its original halogen track lighting system, installed in 2006, with an LED lighting system.

Representatives from across the college traveled to the Pennsylvania Farm Show – the nation’s largest indoor agricultural exhibition – during the first week of January to plant seeds of excitement about Penn College’s hands-on programs. While academic programs and support services provided activities in the college’s exhibit space in the Main Hall throughout the week, students and staff from the college’s baking & culinary program busied themselves at the Culinary Connection.

“Powering Pennsylvania” is the theme for the 109th Pennsylvania Farm Show, and Pennsylvania College of Technology will be in attendance, sharing its empowering possibilities. Set for Jan. 4-11 at the Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, the largest indoor agricultural event in the country attracts hundreds of vendors and thousands of exhibitors showcasing their skills. The show welcomes farmers, families and food lovers. Admission is free.