Penn College News

Working Hand-in-Hand to Make Mementos

Thursday, June 15, 2017

With materials arrayed before him and classmates waiting their turn behind him, Ghazi sets the pace for hands-on learning.With determination and drive – and, of course, safety glasses – woodworker Sidney gets the job done.Bella helps craft a keepsake.Marc the Mentor gets a guiding hand from Harrison.The dean and his morning construction team show off their assembly-line output.Six youngsters from the Dunham Children’s Learning Center traveled down the hall and rounded the corner into a School of Construction & Design Technologies carpentry lab on Thursday morning, confidently wrapping their smaller hands around a "big people" power tool. Marc E. Bridgens, dean of the school, built an instant rapport with his summertime guests – then helped them assemble Penn College-branded toolboxes as souvenirs of their visit.