Faculty Visit Grads, Hear Workplace Acclaim for Electrical Curriculum
Thursday, June 21, 2018
In their ongoing effort to establish ties with industry leaders, faculty from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s electrical department visited with officials and alumni at the Crown Cork and Seal beverage can manufacturing plant in Nichols, New York, on Wednesday.
Jon W. Hart and Kevin Yokitis, instructors of electrical technologies and occupations, toured the 533,00-square-foot plant, which produces approximately 7 million aluminum cans per day for a variety of beverages.
The $150 million, highly automated plant employs about 180 people, including two recent Penn College electrical technology graduates: Geoffrey R. Buickus and Evan M. Mudd.
Both work as maintenance electricians for Crown Cork and Seal. Like many of their classmates, Buickus and Mudd secured their full-time positions prior to graduation.
In addition to reuniting with their former students, the faculty duo met with Kevin Jant, senior manufacturing engineer, and James Kany, electrical engineer, to discuss plant operations and the applicability of the college’s electrical technology curriculum.
Kany is very impressed with the curriculum, thanks to his time supervising Buickus and Mudd.
“What I have heard from the description of classes they have taken, I wish I took those when I was going to school," he said. "It’s pretty amazing the things they were able to learn before they came here."
Jon W. Hart and Kevin Yokitis, instructors of electrical technologies and occupations, toured the 533,00-square-foot plant, which produces approximately 7 million aluminum cans per day for a variety of beverages.The $150 million, highly automated plant employs about 180 people, including two recent Penn College electrical technology graduates: Geoffrey R. Buickus and Evan M. Mudd.
Both work as maintenance electricians for Crown Cork and Seal. Like many of their classmates, Buickus and Mudd secured their full-time positions prior to graduation.
In addition to reuniting with their former students, the faculty duo met with Kevin Jant, senior manufacturing engineer, and James Kany, electrical engineer, to discuss plant operations and the applicability of the college’s electrical technology curriculum.
Kany is very impressed with the curriculum, thanks to his time supervising Buickus and Mudd.“What I have heard from the description of classes they have taken, I wish I took those when I was going to school," he said. "It’s pretty amazing the things they were able to learn before they came here."
Photos by Tom Speicher, writer/video editor