Workforce Development Articles

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering 10 noncredit Adobe courses from mid-February through early May. Learn to design websites easily by attending the Introduction to Dreamweaver course from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 19 and Feb. 26.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s North Campus, operating from a new location in Wellsboro, will present the first series in its Quick Start Leadership Program beginning April 18. High-performing individuals are often tapped for leadership roles with little or no training in effective leadership.

For those ready to take themselves – or their businesses – to the next level, Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a wide array of noncredit, business and management courses. The courses, presented by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, are held at the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the college’s main campus in Williamsport.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will present the first series in its Quick Start Leadership program beginning Feb. 8. High-performing individuals are often tapped for leadership roles with little or no training in effective leadership.

For those looking to sharpen their computer skills while learning something new, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering some easy-to-learn computer courses. The Microsoft Office courses are taught by qualified instructors at a comfortable pace for all levels of adult learners.

Quality leaders improve the workforce, and Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a noncredit Team Leader/Supervisor Program for new or prospective leaders beginning in February.

Thirteen students graduated from the Practical Nursing Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s North Campus on Dec. 13. Debra Day, Jennifer Brown, Whitney Sunday, Jeri Smith, Denise Levindoski, Natalie DeLeonardis. Middle row: Rachel Simms, Amber Girardi, Nicole Jimenez, Angel Signor. Back row: Heather Nagy, Lorie Bennett, Lisa Russell, Deborah Maciejewski, Jessica Barron.

The Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology has officially changed its name to the National Sustainable Structures Center, a designation that reflects continuing opportunities to provide building-science and energy-conservation training to the commercial sector, complementing the training center’s extensive experience in the residential field.

Beginning with the new year, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s North Campus will offer its array of noncredit education programs and industry training from a new location. The 35-acre North Campus facility on Route 6 is being sold to Shell, and the college will begin renting instructional space from the Wellsboro Area School District.

Penn College's role in training workers for the oil and gas industry, including the ShaleNET initiative and the Energy Technology Education Center south of Williamsport, attracted a mention in The New York Times. The article, headlined "Gas Boom County Strives for Economic Afterglow," is on Page A-16 of Sunday's print edition and was posted to the newspaper's website over the weekend.