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Pausing for a victory shot, adorned with medals earned in national SkillsUSA competition, are (from left) Charles B. Livezey Jr., Marc T. Kaylor and Robert T. Berrier Jr. Three Penn College students brought home medals from the recent National SkillsUSA Conference in Kansas City, Mo.: a gold, a silver and a bronze. First-place honors went to Robert T.
Carol A. Lugg has been named director of the Office of Transfer Initiatives at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Previously, Lugg was coordinator of matriculation and retention in the School of Natural Resources Management at Penn College. She has worked in higher education for more than 15 years, holding positions in student affairs, academic affairs and athletics.
Connections has resumed, providing a variety of activities to help first-year students get acquainted with Penn College and one another. Spread over two days of sessions, each orientation program addresses a range of topics, including finances, classroom expectations, diversity, safety, extracurricular involvement and the reality of leaving home.
College awarded another Telly Award The Telly Awards has named the latest episode of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s career awareness series, “degrees that work.tv,” as a bronze winner in the 34th annual international video competition. Natural gas careers are featured in the episode.
One of the country's highest honors for wildfire prevention − named for one of its most recognizable public figures − has been presented to Paul M. Reier, a 34-year veteran of the Virginia Department of Forestry and a 1977 forest technology graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology predecessor Williamsport Area Community College.
The latest addition to Penn College's YouTube channel spotlights encouragement of young women to enter the lucrative STEM career sector with the SMART Girls program (Science & Math Applications in Real-World Technologies). Through diverse, hands-on workshops, the initiative introduces high-school girls to exciting technical careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Bookended by two aircraft from the college's instructional fleet – a Grumman A-6 Intruder and a Boeing 727 – aviation instructor Michael R. Robison (back to camera) conducts a tour. Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of aviation, demonstrates a student-built autopilot simulator. Campus guests seize the moment in the cockpit of the 727. Plastics technology professor Kirk M.
Interesting attractions nothing new for Penn College library A fiber work, "Triangulate #5," by artist Jackie Thomas is part of the "Art Alive!" exhibit The Madigan Library offers an array of visual displays throughout the year, both in the library itself and in The Gallery at Penn College on the third floor.
The North Eastern Athletic Conference has accepted Pennsylvania College of Technology for full membership beginning with the 2014-15 academic year, conference officials announced. The first year of NEAC membership is on a provisional basis. Full membership is contingent upon Penn College being accepted for provisional membership in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Curtin students track the time it takes their team to recreate a Lego model from memory. Chef Sue Major, assistant professor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts, demonstrates a cupcake-decorating project. During a business workshop, middle schoolers collaborate to test a hypothesis about the most effective size for a workgroup.