Pennsylvania College of Technology students vied for their share of more than 2,400 full-time jobs and internship positions at the Spring Career Fair, impressing a variety of employers – including 26 Fortune 500 companies – at three locations: the Schneebeli Earth Science Center and Bardo Gymnasium on Tuesday, and the Lumley Aviation Center on Wednesday morning.
Akeem Shakes, a junior in building automation technology, from the Bronx, N.Y., speaks with a representative of Unison Comfort Technologies.
It's a full-court press by construction management students, from left: Mitchel E. McLaughlin, junior, Hughesville; Everett J. Zaluski, sophomore, Warrington; Nicholas S. Tomaine, junior, Lafayette Hill, and Joshua T. Brem, sophomore, Saint Mary's.
Ryder's June Taylor talks with a student in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management.
Jorgette N. Grosso, center, a senior in electronics and computer engineering technology from Boonton, N.J., listens intently to advice.
Dressed to impress (and do some networking of their own) are these seniors enrolled in information technology: network specialist concentration (from left): Sean M. Timm, of DuBoistown; Eric J. Carstensen, of Williamsport; and Kevin W. Faust, of Exton.
Byron O. Prieto, of Long Island City, N.Y., interacts with Jason C. Hawbaker, a 2008 aviation graduate employed by Sikorsky Global Helicopters.
John T. McCormack, left, manufacturing engineering technology senior from Brookville, shares a laugh with four employees from Bonney Forge Corp., including 2010 computer aided product design alumnus Timothy R. Harrigan, to McCormack's left.
With dual degrees in heavy construction equipment technology: Caterpillar emphasis and electric power generation, 2005 graduate Jeremy E. Olenick makes a knowledgeable spokesman for Ransome CAT.
Alumnus Tina L. Brownson, '05, business administration: management concentration, was on hand to recruit for the management trainee program at Cintas.
Illuminating alumnus Louis A. "Chip" Rizzo III, center, '08, building construction technology and '10, residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration, with Solar Innovations, Inc., talks business with Corvin K. Oberholtzer, a senior in residential construction technology and management, from Wellsboro.
A student fills out paperwork at the display of scholarship benefactor and Career Fair fixture American Infrastructure Inc.
Timothy A. Senavaitis, '08, manufacturing engineering technology, a production engineer with Glen-Gery Brick, and colleague Sarah Colburn talk with Nickolaus A. Furman, a junior in manufacturing engineering technology, from Collegeville.
Aviation maintenance technology majors Garrett P. Patterson, of Monroeville (left), and Michael R. Thompson, of Claymont, Del., talk with Sikorsky Global Helicopters representatives Zer Kha and Michael McCook.
Chris Spink, a human resources representative for Cummins Power Systems, discusses job openings in the engine-maintenance and power-generation fields.
Dustin Dreese, '04, plastics and polymer engineering technology, recruiting for Currier Plastics Inc.
Brickman's Dave Foresman, a longtime vendor at Penn College career events, discusses "green" careers with a student.
Southland Industries employee Chad E. Hoffer, '08, building automation technology and '07, HVAC technology, returns to his alma mater to look for a few good candidates.
Alumnus and former Penn College faculty member Paul A. Zenga (right), who has hired seven graduates for his latest employer, obliges a photo op with student Brett R. Potteiger at the Dalrymple/Chemung Contracting display. Potteiger, of Wernersville, earned a degree in diesel technology in 2010 and anticipates spring graduation in technology management.
Samuel H. Foltz, right, a senior in construction management from Winchester, Va., discusses environmental matters with first-time vendor Clean Harbors.
Aviation maintenance technology majors Jonel A. Murray, left, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Byron O. Prieto visit with Career Fair regular (and Aviation Technology Advisory Committee member) Robert Evans, of Sterling Helicopter.
Colin L. Foreman, a senior in manufacturing engineering technology, from Westminster, Md., checks out some products at the Seco Tools booth.
Kevin C. Pannebakker, of Harrisburg, an aviation maintenance technology student, stops by the Piedmont Airlines table.
Republic Services' Sarah Susco reviews a student's resume.
Among the busier tables at the Aviation Center was that of Dassault Aircraft Services, looking to add more than a dozen employees to a workforce that already boasts six Penn College alumni.
Bruce C. Barnett, '10, welding and fabrication engineering technology, with Graham Corp.
Erich R. Doebler, a laboratory assistant for forest technology, checks in with Bob Good, left, and 1982 nursery management graduate Aaron M. Shippling at the Good's Tree Care Inc. booth.
Classmates Max K. Wundschock, of Perkasie (right), and Steven S. Mellott, of State College, wait for their opportunity as Douglas R. Phillips, an aviation maintenance technology major from Southampton (holding T-shirt), talks with Michael J. Brouwer, of Duncan Aviation, a member of the Aviation Technology Advisory Committee.
Phillips & Jordan Inc. employees Paul Meckes and Tyler Pearson assess a potential hire.
ID tags bearing the names of Career Fair registrants await the arrival of their job-hunting owners.
Emblematic of ongoing employment in the natural gas industry, Halliburton Energy Services was represented both on main campus and in the School of Natural Resources Management.
John D. Motto (wearing a blue "Alumnus" ribbon) was back in the laboratory, recruiting for Five Star International less than a year after he earned his degree in diesel technology.
Guy A. Loomis, '94, welding technology, with Cameron Manufacturing & Design, talks shop with Mark Schankweiler, '92, electronics technology/computer automation maintenance, with Haas Automation, Inc. Schankweiler commented that the last time he'd been in the gym was to play intramurals.
Returning to his roots was Ryan W. Shanahan (center), a 2004 graduate in landscape/nursery technology, who, with Land Tech Enterprises colleague Mark Stein, engaged students in career conversation.
The Skippack-based H&K Group was among the Pennsylvania employers looking to fill a variety of full-time and summer positions.
Students Ryan L. Burkholder (left), of Richfield, aviation technology, and Nicholas S. Murray, of Hummelstown, aviation maintenance technology, consider an affiliation with Mission Aviation Fellowship, a faith-based global humanitarian program represented locally by Valerie Houser.
Garrett H. Beers, right, a senior in construction management from Quarryville, talks with a rep from L.R. Constanzo Co. Inc.
Representatives of the Army ROTC program, who also visited main campus the previous day, staffed Career Fair tables in the Lumley Aviation Center.
— Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor, and Larry D. Kauffman, digital publishing specialist/photographer
Akeem Shakes, a junior in building automation technology, from the Bronx, N.Y., speaks with a representative of Unison Comfort Technologies.
It's a full-court press by construction management students, from left: Mitchel E. McLaughlin, junior, Hughesville; Everett J. Zaluski, sophomore, Warrington; Nicholas S. Tomaine, junior, Lafayette Hill, and Joshua T. Brem, sophomore, Saint Mary's.
Ryder's June Taylor talks with a student in Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management.
Jorgette N. Grosso, center, a senior in electronics and computer engineering technology from Boonton, N.J., listens intently to advice.
Dressed to impress (and do some networking of their own) are these seniors enrolled in information technology: network specialist concentration (from left): Sean M. Timm, of DuBoistown; Eric J. Carstensen, of Williamsport; and Kevin W. Faust, of Exton.
Byron O. Prieto, of Long Island City, N.Y., interacts with Jason C. Hawbaker, a 2008 aviation graduate employed by Sikorsky Global Helicopters.
John T. McCormack, left, manufacturing engineering technology senior from Brookville, shares a laugh with four employees from Bonney Forge Corp., including 2010 computer aided product design alumnus Timothy R. Harrigan, to McCormack's left.
With dual degrees in heavy construction equipment technology: Caterpillar emphasis and electric power generation, 2005 graduate Jeremy E. Olenick makes a knowledgeable spokesman for Ransome CAT.
Alumnus Tina L. Brownson, '05, business administration: management concentration, was on hand to recruit for the management trainee program at Cintas.
Illuminating alumnus Louis A. "Chip" Rizzo III, center, '08, building construction technology and '10, residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration, with Solar Innovations, Inc., talks business with Corvin K. Oberholtzer, a senior in residential construction technology and management, from Wellsboro.
A student fills out paperwork at the display of scholarship benefactor and Career Fair fixture American Infrastructure Inc.
Timothy A. Senavaitis, '08, manufacturing engineering technology, a production engineer with Glen-Gery Brick, and colleague Sarah Colburn talk with Nickolaus A. Furman, a junior in manufacturing engineering technology, from Collegeville.
Aviation maintenance technology majors Garrett P. Patterson, of Monroeville (left), and Michael R. Thompson, of Claymont, Del., talk with Sikorsky Global Helicopters representatives Zer Kha and Michael McCook.
Chris Spink, a human resources representative for Cummins Power Systems, discusses job openings in the engine-maintenance and power-generation fields.
Dustin Dreese, '04, plastics and polymer engineering technology, recruiting for Currier Plastics Inc.
Brickman's Dave Foresman, a longtime vendor at Penn College career events, discusses "green" careers with a student.
Southland Industries employee Chad E. Hoffer, '08, building automation technology and '07, HVAC technology, returns to his alma mater to look for a few good candidates.
Alumnus and former Penn College faculty member Paul A. Zenga (right), who has hired seven graduates for his latest employer, obliges a photo op with student Brett R. Potteiger at the Dalrymple/Chemung Contracting display. Potteiger, of Wernersville, earned a degree in diesel technology in 2010 and anticipates spring graduation in technology management.
Samuel H. Foltz, right, a senior in construction management from Winchester, Va., discusses environmental matters with first-time vendor Clean Harbors.
Aviation maintenance technology majors Jonel A. Murray, left, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Byron O. Prieto visit with Career Fair regular (and Aviation Technology Advisory Committee member) Robert Evans, of Sterling Helicopter.
Colin L. Foreman, a senior in manufacturing engineering technology, from Westminster, Md., checks out some products at the Seco Tools booth.
Kevin C. Pannebakker, of Harrisburg, an aviation maintenance technology student, stops by the Piedmont Airlines table.
Republic Services' Sarah Susco reviews a student's resume.
Among the busier tables at the Aviation Center was that of Dassault Aircraft Services, looking to add more than a dozen employees to a workforce that already boasts six Penn College alumni.
Bruce C. Barnett, '10, welding and fabrication engineering technology, with Graham Corp.
Erich R. Doebler, a laboratory assistant for forest technology, checks in with Bob Good, left, and 1982 nursery management graduate Aaron M. Shippling at the Good's Tree Care Inc. booth.
Classmates Max K. Wundschock, of Perkasie (right), and Steven S. Mellott, of State College, wait for their opportunity as Douglas R. Phillips, an aviation maintenance technology major from Southampton (holding T-shirt), talks with Michael J. Brouwer, of Duncan Aviation, a member of the Aviation Technology Advisory Committee.
Phillips & Jordan Inc. employees Paul Meckes and Tyler Pearson assess a potential hire.
ID tags bearing the names of Career Fair registrants await the arrival of their job-hunting owners.
Emblematic of ongoing employment in the natural gas industry, Halliburton Energy Services was represented both on main campus and in the School of Natural Resources Management.
John D. Motto (wearing a blue "Alumnus" ribbon) was back in the laboratory, recruiting for Five Star International less than a year after he earned his degree in diesel technology.
Guy A. Loomis, '94, welding technology, with Cameron Manufacturing & Design, talks shop with Mark Schankweiler, '92, electronics technology/computer automation maintenance, with Haas Automation, Inc. Schankweiler commented that the last time he'd been in the gym was to play intramurals.
Returning to his roots was Ryan W. Shanahan (center), a 2004 graduate in landscape/nursery technology, who, with Land Tech Enterprises colleague Mark Stein, engaged students in career conversation.
The Skippack-based H&K Group was among the Pennsylvania employers looking to fill a variety of full-time and summer positions.
Students Ryan L. Burkholder (left), of Richfield, aviation technology, and Nicholas S. Murray, of Hummelstown, aviation maintenance technology, consider an affiliation with Mission Aviation Fellowship, a faith-based global humanitarian program represented locally by Valerie Houser.
Garrett H. Beers, right, a senior in construction management from Quarryville, talks with a rep from L.R. Constanzo Co. Inc.
Representatives of the Army ROTC program, who also visited main campus the previous day, staffed Career Fair tables in the Lumley Aviation Center.