As part of a partnership that dates to the excavation of Lamade Stadium in 1959, the Little League Baseball World Series yields hands-on learning activities for Penn College students. In just the series' first four days, photographers captured the activities of paramedic, baking & culinary, and welding students.
Thirty-nine individuals representing 24 businesses and industry partners across the region attended a recent event at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Manufacturing Talent Solutions Round Table, organized by the college’s Workforce Development team in partnership with Advance Central PA, was designed to bring manufacturers together to discuss challenges in recruiting a talented workforce.
The behind-the-scenes work of paramedics – including a contingent of students from Penn College’s paramedic program – was highlighted in a story that aired on WNEP-TV on Thursday evening.
Among the huge assembly of people required to welcome 20 teams and around 300,000 fans to the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport are Pennsylvania College of Technology students and staff. Baking and culinary students and staff from the college’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant are set to prepare meals for the competing teams, while paramedic students will help provide for the emergency medical needs of the thousands of spectators who attend each of the nationally televised series’ 38 games.
A recent two-day class focusing on heavy-gauge thermoforming applications attracted 15 industry professionals from seven companies to Pennsylvania College of Technology and its Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.
In an effort to help regional manufacturers find practical solutions to central Pennsylvania’s manufacturing skills gap, Pennsylvania College of Technology and Advance Central PA will host a daylong event for manufacturing leaders.
Eleven students recently graduated from Penn College at Wellsboro’s practical nursing program. Graduates are high demand in health care facilities throughout the region.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Plastics Innovation & Resource Center recently hosted 21 industry professionals – representing 12 companies and seven states – for its annual Extrusion Seminar & Hands-On Workshop.
U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-15) visited Penn College at Wellsboro on Thursday to learn more about how the health care workforce development programs offered at the site are impacting the critical need for health care workers in Tioga and surrounding counties. Through Workforce Development at Penn College, the facility offers licensed practical nurse and emergency medical technician training.
Paving a pathway to a career in the manufacturing sector, the Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship program, coordinated by Workforce Development at Penn College, recently graduated another cohort of high school students from across Pennsylvania. Reflecting the AMP program’s continued success as schools expand career development opportunities to prepare students for college and the workforce, this spring’s four-month offering enrolled 120 high school participants.
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