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A noncredit Emergency Medical Technician course, beginning in mid-January, will be offered in four locations by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A Salesforce Reporting Fundamentals course, open to the public, will be offered for the first time at Pennsylvania College of Technology in October. The course is aimed at administrators, business users and managers who use Salesforce in their daily work.

The group talks about shale policy and regulation with John Ryder, director of the Bureau of District Oil & Gas Operations for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Visitors, representing commissioners and staff from New Brunswick and the Newfoundland and Labrador Hydraulic Fracturing Panel gather with Thomas B.

Sens. Vogel (center) and Yaw (right) talk with David R. Cotner, dean of industrial, computing and engineering technologies, in the college's welding laboratory Brass candlesticks pique the lawmakers' interest during a stop in the automated manufacturing lab.

Two plastics students at Pennsylvania College of Technology partnered with a global company to use a new technology for a major industry competition. Plastics and polymer engineering technology majors Madison T. Powell, of Linden, and Jacob W.

As an Autodesk Authorized Training Center and Authorized Certification Center, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is participating in a Certification Day on Oct. 2. Certification exams will be administered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on various Autodesk products used in architecture, engineering and digital arts fields.

A noncredit 3-D technology course, starting in October and open to the public, will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The process of 3-D printing – making solid, three-dimensional objects from a digital computer file – will be taught by Craig A. Miller, an instructor of engineering design technology in the college’s School of Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies.

Anne K. Soucy, assistant professor of plastics technology, and Gary E. McQuay, engineering manager for the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center, show visitors the afternoon project for students in the Blow Molding course. Dave Cotner, dean of industrial, computing & engineering technologies, talks about the college’s automated manufacturing and machining majors. Front row: Shannon M.

WELLSBORO – Growing healthy communities means cultivating good health habits and excellent health care providers. Access to high quality education is key to a successful health career, and the Laurel Health Foundation is dedicated to helping local students reach their career goals.

An English as a Second Language program, comprising four noncredit courses to prepare interested students for successful participation in their communities, will be offered during the fall semester by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology.