Penn College News

Fall Career Fair Attracts Highest Student Attendance Ever

Friday, October 23, 2015

Thomas A. D'Arcy, of Mechanicsburg, enrolled in engineering design technology, explores career options with Alyssa Rogers, a Larson Design Group recruiting coordinator.Joshua T. Alderfer, who majored in heavy construction equipment technology: technician emphasis from 2012-14, helped staff the B. Blair Corp. booth.The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.'s Jared Hoover (right) talks with Daniel H. Pulinski, of Penfield, N.Y., a residential construction technology and management: building construction technology concentration major.Part of Tuesday's record-setting crowd interacts with potential employers.From left, 2014 information technology graduates Dionisios D. Tomboris and Donald E. McCoy – representing the Federal Reserve Board – reunite with Jerome T. Czachor, an information assurance and cyber security major from Dickson City.A total of 1,469 students and eight alumni – the highest student attendance on record – stopped by one of Tuesday's two Career Fairs at the Field House or Bardo Gymnasium. More than 2,400 full- and part-time positions, internships, and international, summer or other seasonal jobs were offered to fairgoers by the 191 employers who attended.
Photos by Dalaney T. Vartenisian, student photographer