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The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public hearing Thursday in Penn College's Thompson Professional Development Center on issues surrounding the potential Marcellus Shale gas reserves. Convened shortly after 10 a.m., the hearing included testimony from panels of local government officials, industry representatives and environmental organizations. In welcoming attendees, state Sen.

"Precision Heavy Equipment Operational Efficiency," a course provided through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be offered April 3 and May 22 at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood. The four-hour noncredit course will be offered on both days from 1 to 5 p.m. in Room 159 of the Earth Science Center. The cost is $125.

The School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology are sponsoring the four-day workshop "Sensory Integration for Pediatric Occupational Therapists" at the college in May. The May 28-31 workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The first meeting of the Marcellus Shale Industry Partnership, formed to address the natural-gas industry's workforce needs in conjunction with the exploration of potential gas reserves within the region's Marcellus Shale formation, was held Monday on Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus.

The Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology held its first Building Performance Institute training and certification event during the week of Jan. 12. Weatherization staff representing the Central Community Action Program, SEDA-COG, STEP Inc. and the Westmoreland County Weatherization Program participated in the four-day event.

The Weatherization Training Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology announces its affiliation with the Building Performance Institute. As a BPI affiliate, WTC will be aligned with a nationally recognized credentialing process and provide an enhanced career path for Pennsylvania Weatherization Assistance Program field staff and private-sector building-performance contractors.

With the arrival of another home-heating season, federal funding has been renewed for an acknowledged statewide leader in training thousands of technicians to improve the energy efficiency, health, safety and comfort of their clients' homes and businesses.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State Cooperative Extension are collaborating to form the Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, which will provide a wide variety of resources to the community and the oil-and-gas industry.

The School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will sponsor a health literacy workshop on Oct. 3. The workshop, titled "What It Is, Why It Matters, How You Can Help," will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. in Penn's Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Members of the information technology staff at the IMC one of Pennsylvania's seven Industrial Resource Centers recently traveled to conferences in Florida and Texas. Steve Shaible, Zane Patalive and Kenny Steinbacher attended the TechEd conference at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center in June, and Shaible and Patalive took part in July's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston.