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Alumni Hirings Pique Company's Interest in Penn College

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Marc E. Bridgens, dean of construction and design technologies (left), explains the building automation lab to Kerry Ritchey, vice president and claims manager in Erie Insurance's Harrisburg office Colin W. Williamson, dean of transportation technology (left), shows off a student-restored 1965 Ford Mustang to Ritchey and Gary Sullivan, vice president of Erie's property and subrogation claims department (right) Glimpsed through the skeleton of student work, Bridgens leads Ritchey and James Brown, vice president of Erie's material damage department (right) through the construction carpentry lab Loren R. Bruckhart, a member of the collision repair faculty, discusses an item of interest to his audience: how Penn College students learn to write repair estimatesFive visitors from Erie Insurance, on campus to explore potential partnership opportunities with Penn College, toured laboratories in the schools of Construction and Design Technologies and Transportation Technology on Wednesday. Pleased at their hiring of two construction management graduates of the college, Erie representatives were afforded a closer look by school officials; Debra M. Miller, director of corporate relations; and other members of the campus community.