All Articles

The number of students attending Pennsylvania College of Technology has risen by more than 4 percent this fall, resulting in the highest enrollment ever recorded at the institution. Based on third-week enrollment figures, there are 5,538 students attending the College for the Fall 2001 semester, an increase of 215 (4.1 percent) over Fall 2000.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will meet the culinary cravings of public television viewers across northeastern Pennsylvania with a fourth serving of its acclaimed national cooking series, "You're the Chef." The Telly Award-winning show will begin its fourth season Saturday, Oct. 20, at 12:30 p.m. on WVIA-TV.

The wonders of Morocco will be explored in a photographic presentation to be offered Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Pennsylvania College of Technology Library. George W. Matthews, instructor of ethics and philosophy at Penn College, will present the program, which is entitled, "You Going to Marrakesh?" The event begins at 1 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been awarded $155,766 in state funding for 2001-02 to provide New Choices/New Options career-development opportunities for Lycoming, Tioga, Bradford and Potter counties. The next two-week workshop will be offered beginning Monday, Oct. 15, at the College's North Campus near Wellsboro.

By eighth grade, twice as many boys as girls show an interest in science, engineering and technology classes, according to a July 2001 report from the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology.

Ira Dubner, owner and chocolatier of the "The Chocolate Studio" in Norristown, will make a Halloween centerpiece and other delectable confections from chocolate in a demonstration to be offered Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

The contractors have been named for the first construction project to take place at Pennsylvania College of Technology's new main entrance off Maynard Street in Williamsport. The general contractor for the $9.8 million Student and Administrative Services Center which will consolidate key student- and public-related services in one convenient campus location will be Lobar Inc. of Dillsburg.

FACT SHEET Pennsylvania College of Technology Student and Administrative Services Center The Student and Administrative Services Center, the first building to be constructed at the College's new main entrance on Maynard Street, will consolidate key student- and public-related services in a single campus location that is easily accessed by visitors.

Some students in the School of Construction and Design Technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology are doing their part to help people comprehend the enormity of the terrorist attack that took thousands of lives in New York City on Sept. 11. About two dozen Architectural Technology students in the (Commercial) Building Materials Class taught by faculty member William R.

If an obstacle is placed in your path, Carl Brashear counsels, "Use it as a source of strength; don't take it negatively." Brashear, the subject of the recent motion picture "Men of Honor," should know. He overcame an accident in which he lost a leg to become the Navy's first African-American Master Diver.