The semester's first official industry presentation for Built Environment Scholars, featuring local architect Anthony H. Visco Jr. (a 1967 graduate of Williamsport Area Community College and a member of Penn College's Architectural Technology Advisory Board), was held recently in the School of Construction & Design Technologies.
The goal of the BE Scholars Lecture Series is to increase students' awareness of various industry and career-related activities.
Visco's Feb. 13 presentation covered the following topics:
The next presentation will be at 3:30 p.m. March 13 in Room B2014 of the Hager Lifelong Education Center, and will feature two alumni employees of Larson Design Group: David I. Balzer ('01, architectural technology), director of retail design, and Ty C. Richline ('13, architectural technology, and '15, building science and sustainable design: architectural technology concentration), who leads virtual-reality initiatives for the firm.
Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, the BE Scholars program is designed to increase retention, degree completion and career readiness for students enrolled in the school's two-year majors – architectural technology; civil engineering technology; concrete science technology; surveying technology; heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology; and building construction technology.
The goal of the BE Scholars Lecture Series is to increase students' awareness of various industry and career-related activities.Visco's Feb. 13 presentation covered the following topics:
- The inner working of an architectural office
- The cross-disciplinary nature of architecture and how it interphases with various construction industries
- Examples of past and current projects, including a detailed chronological photo survey of Bowman Field
- Examination of an actual set of construction drawings
The next presentation will be at 3:30 p.m. March 13 in Room B2014 of the Hager Lifelong Education Center, and will feature two alumni employees of Larson Design Group: David I. Balzer ('01, architectural technology), director of retail design, and Ty C. Richline ('13, architectural technology, and '15, building science and sustainable design: architectural technology concentration), who leads virtual-reality initiatives for the firm.
Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, the BE Scholars program is designed to increase retention, degree completion and career readiness for students enrolled in the school's two-year majors – architectural technology; civil engineering technology; concrete science technology; surveying technology; heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology; and building construction technology.