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Apprenticeship partner's workforce gains hands-on experience

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Joe Sweeney (center) and David M. Zajac Jr. watch a demonstration by instructor Thomas W. Fry during their "Mechatronics Day" visit to Penn College.

Employees from several facilities within The Ellwood Group Inc., a family-owned company with more than 25 locations throughout the United States that align with Penn College majors, received hands-on instruction in the Center for Business & Workforce Development's mechatronics technology lab this week.

Practical nursing information sessions set for Northern Tier

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Penn College at Wellsboro’s Practical Nursing Program will host three information sessions for those interested in nursing as a career: June 1, June 22 and July 6. The sessions will be held at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Wellsboro campus and will be connected to the Potter County Education Council via Zoom.

WELLSBORO – Penn College at Wellsboro’s Practical Nursing Program will host three information sessions for those interested in nursing as a career: June 1, June 22 and July 6. All sessions will be held at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Wellsboro campus, 22 Walnut St., at 6:30 p.m. and be connected to the Potter County Education Council through Zoom.

Hearing aims to strengthen Pennsylvania's rural workforce

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Kevin Sunday (center), director of government affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, joins Sen. Gene Yaw (left) and President Michael J. Reed prior to Thursday's hearing.

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors heard testimony at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday morning about rural workforce availability and population change.

Pre-apprenticeship grads advance on pathways to manufacturing

Monday, May 22, 2023

Wilmarlyn Uribe Polanco, from Allentown's Executive Education Academy Charter School, was among the students who completed both the AMP program and earned Certified Manufacturing Associate recognition from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Industrious students from nine schools graduated Friday morning from Penn College's Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship program during a brief ceremony in the Bush Campus Center.

Region's workforce challenges discussed at on-campus hearing

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Reed elaborates on Penn College's unique vantage to meet rural workforce challenges: "We offer approximately 100 STEM-related academic programs emphasizing hands-on, experiential learning," he told committee members, "enabling us to provide a steady stream of highly trained graduates to address persistent skills gaps in business and industry."

The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a hearing Wednesday afternoon at Pennsylvania College of Technology, exploring workforce challenges in rural Pennsylvania. Chaired by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie), the hearing addressed population decline and labor and housing shortages, as well as their economic impact on communities and businesses.

Alumnus/employee profiled in trade magazine as 'Rising Star'

Monday, May 15, 2023

Nathan A. Rader-Edkin, a Penn College graduate who returned to campus as program manager for the Plastics Resource & Innovation Center, is featured among an industry publication's "Rising Stars" of 2023.

Memorial plaque pays tribute to IT pioneer

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

A newly installed plaque honors George P. Wolfe Sr., a retired associate professor of computer information technology who died Dec. 19, 2022, at the age of 92.

Second group of apprentices completes intensive program

Monday, April 24, 2023

Four members of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s latest apprenticeship graduating class – part of a 12-member group that includes a number of out-of-state journeyworkers – gather with supporters near The Victorian House.

A dozen people who completed registered apprenticeship programs in computerized numerical control (CNC) and mechatronics – and the supportive employers they represent – celebrated that accomplishment during a recent ceremony at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Northern Ireland visit sets stage for enhanced partnership

Monday, April 3, 2023

The 12-member contingent of students and chaperones from North West Regional College in Northern Ireland celebrates the welcome received during their March visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A cultural interchange between Pennsylvania College of Technology and visitors from North West Regional College in Northern Ireland – a two-week whirlwind that was five years in the making – came to a close with memories indelibly shared and lives irrevocably altered.

Manufacturing, machining majors boosted by $1 million grant

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Students like these at Pennsylvania College of Technology – who are studying manufacturing engineering technology, automated manufacturing technology and machine tool technology – will benefit from a $1 million Gene Haas Foundation grant to the college.

The Gene Haas Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Pennsylvania College of Technology to facilitate renovations and upgrades to the college’s 12,200-square-foot automated manufacturing lab, which will be known as the Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing.