Alumni of the forest technology major returned to the classroom Friday to talk with Penn College students about postgraduate employment, the rewards and expectations of working in the field, and how their hands-on education gave them a leg up in the job market. Alumni Relations arranged the visit and forestry professor Dennis F. Ringling facilitated the discussion with Samuel J. Raisch, a 2010 graduate now working as technician in the Tiadaghton State Forest; Damen R. Wheeland, co-owner of Wheeland Lumber Co. Inc. in Liberty, who earned an associate degree in forest technology (2000) and a bachelor's in technology management (2002); and Paul M. Reier, who turned a 1977 Williamsport Area Community College diploma into a 34-year career with the Virginia Department of Forestry.Alumni of the forest technology major returned to the classroom Friday to talk with Penn College students about postgraduate employment, the rewards and expectations of working in the field, and how their hands-on education gave them a leg up in the job market. Alumni Relations arranged the visit and forestry professor Dennis F. Ringling facilitated the discussion with Samuel J. Raisch, a 2010 graduate now working as technician in the Tiadaghton State Forest; Damen R. Wheeland, co-owner of Wheeland Lumber Co. Inc. in Liberty, who earned an associate degree in forest technology (2000) and a bachelor's in technology management (2002); and Paul M. Reier, who turned a 1977 Williamsport Area Community College diploma into a 34-year career with the Virginia Department of Forestry.