Alumni Articles

A sculptural alliance between welding artist Rae Ripple and Penn College students is the subject of July's "Back Page" feature in The Fabricator, North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. Author Rafael Guerrero chronicles the collaboration, which began when student Skyler R.

David A. Smith, a 2014 graduate of Penn College's automated manufacturing technology major and owner-operator of Motive Machine Works LLC in Lancaster, is the subject of a 14-minute YouTube video uploaded by Practical Machinist for its expansive online community.

The Student & Administrative Services Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology will soon bear the name of retiring President Davie Jane Gilmour. The college’s Board of Directors convened a special meeting to approve the action at a gala event honoring Gilmour’s 24-year presidency. The board also granted emeritus status to Gilmour, who retires June 30.

Ready to see what hands-on learning is all about? Here's a teasing glimpse of the action that's set to unfold in the Pennsylvania College of Technology episode of The College Tour, produced nationally and streaming on Amazon Prime when Season Five drops in August.

Dylan S. Klemas, a May civil engineering technology graduate and face-off midfielder while a member of the Wildcat men’s lacrosse team, proudly wore number 9 to honor an uncle who played for the Welsh national team. A new video gives viewers the opportunity to hear his story and learn what he loves about the tight-knit community he found at Penn College. "It's put me in a great position.

Recent graduates of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s landscape/plant production technology program were chosen for both of this year’s Fred Winter Memorial Awards for Excellence in Horticulture from the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Rebecca Cornish, of Lewisburg, and Faith E.

Daun Williamson, who graduated from Penn College last month with an associate degree in building construction technology, will conduct a Vinyl Siding Institute installer training later this month at the college's Clean Energy Center. Williamson, the only person to hold three VSI certifications – as an installer trainee, an installer and a trainer – will instruct the course from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thirty-four Pennsylvania College of Technology students – half of whom subsequently earned degrees last month – recently attained International Codes Council certification as Building Code Specialists. The students comprised three sections of construction technology instructor Harry W. Hintz Jr.’s Codes in Construction class during the spring semester.

Meet Tucker D. Phillippe-Johansson, a member of the men's tennis team who recently graduated with a bachelor's in residential construction technology & management and an associate degree in building construction technology. "When I'm serving, usually I think about where I want to hit the ball before I do it," the Mattituck, New York, resident says in a new Wildcat Spotlight video.

Mark R. Bierly and Shawn R. Simmons, both of whom graduated last month in automotive technology: Honda PACT emphasis, take viewers on a tour of Penn College's automotive majors. In a newly released video, shot in their dwindling time as students, the pair discuss why they chose Penn College and what they like most about their program.