Pennsylvania College of Technology is hosting a Welding Workshop this week to help the state's teachers better prepare high-school students for the demands of higher education and today's workforce. "This program allows us to make available state-of-the-art technology for high-school teachers, and it allows us to work closely with industrial leaders in the field of welding," said Dr. Lawrence J.
Beginning July 12, Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus will offer a remedial summer school program for students in grades 7-12. The classes, being offered for the 18th year, provide students living in the Northern Tier an opportunity to improve their math and/or English skills.
The Keystone Kiln-Drying Association, a professional organization made up of kiln operators, mill owners and tradespeople who have an interest in the lumber-drying industry, will offer a $500 scholarship this fall to a Pennsylvania College of Technology student. The scholarship will be given to a student who demonstrates financial need and academic quality.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students regularly have access to the latest and most relevant tools in their varied courses, and a recent business class studying the European Union was no exception. Enrollees in Steven J. Moff's "Management 299" course had the benefit of a week's primer from Dr.
Two students in graphic-communications majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology each have been awarded $2,000 scholarships from the Foundation of the Flexographic Technical Association. Chosen among this year's scholarship winners were Mark A. Blanchard, Watsontown, seeking a bachelor's degree in Graphic Communications Management; and Lonnie L.
Two students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality were honored recently at a "Salute to Excellence" program in Chicago sponsored by a national trade association. Through a rigorous selection process, School of Hospitality faculty chose Kimberly A. Donahey, Bellefonte, a junior in the Culinary Arts Technology bachelor-degree major; and Laura L.
Members of the Construction Management faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Construction and Design Technologies have established an annual scholarship for students enrolled in the bachelor-degree program.
Fourteen Pennsylvania College of Technology spring sports athletes have earned postseason honors, capping the most successful year ever in Wildcat athletic history. Earning All-American status were archers Ryan Romberger (Pillow), who won the national collegiate outdoor male compound title; Ryan Benny (Burnham) and Michelle Wright (Kendall, N.Y.).
Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Phi Beta Lambda chapter excelled in competition at PBL's annual State Leadership Conference, held recently in Williamsport. PBL is the postsecondary division of the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda Inc., a national nonprofit educational association of students preparing for careers in business or related fields.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Office of Alumni Relations will host the fourth annual Williamsport Technical Institute reunion on June 18 for alumni of the Penn College predecessor institution. "This reunion gets a little bigger every year as we locate more and more of our 'lost' W.T.I. alumni," said Barbara A. Danko, director of alumni relations at Penn College.
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