The addition of two automation degrees is powering a new electronics lab at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Located in the Center for Business & Workforce Development, the 906-square-foot space is accommodating about 60 students per semester who are seeking an automation engineering technology baccalaureate degree in either mechatronics or robotics.
PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Jeffrey M. Perkinson, full-time Enterprise Applications Programmer/Analyst, Information Technology Services; effective Nov.
Madison Y. Cooper, a culinary arts technology and applied management student and part-time Le Jeune Chef cook, wraps a pan of stuffing, ready to be baked on Friday. She is from Harrisburg. Patrick E. Hufnagle, of Antes Fort, places the dough for a batch of pumpkin cranberry rolls in a dough divider/rounder. After its turn in the divider/rounder, the dough is portioned, shaped and ready to bake.
General Services' Mary Jo DeVinney and Chad L. Karstetter rise to the occasion in side-by-side buckets. Perspective affirms the scope of the undertaking, aided on the ground by Michael L. Bremigen (at the tree's base) and Barbie A. Myers (behind the truck). Festively festooned, the spruce offers its silent salute.
Rep. Jeff Wheeland, who represents the 83rd District in the state House of Representatives, has been appointed to the Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors by House Speaker Bryan Cutler. Wheeland succeeds Rep. Garth Everett, who is retiring from his seat representing the 84th District in the state House. Everett served on the Penn College Board since 2011.
The Community Arts Center has received $5,000 from PPL Electric Utilities through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program. The contribution will be used to support the Educational Series program at the CAC.
The COVID pandemic did not deter a “week of togetherness” as College Relations invited alumni, corporate partners, students, parents and friends to celebrate, virtually, all the ways they Transform Tomorrow, Together. The week began with a video message from Loni N.
Read the 2019-20 Impact Report www.pct.edu/impactreport “As the 2019-20 academic year wound to a close – about the same time that the COVID-19 pandemic began to spiral all around us – the term ‘essential’ took on new meaning for many,” writes President Davie Jane Gilmour in the college’s 2019-20 Impact Report.
The addition of two automation engineering technology baccalaureate degrees is powering a new electronics laboratory at Penn College. The lab is equipped with 16 student-installed Programmable Logic Controller stations (featuring both Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLCs), four Kuka industrial robots and a conveyer system.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate helped to lead a high-profile metro Washington construction project that recently received honors from Associated Builders and Contractors. Jordan Way, ‘16, was the assistant project manager for Belfast Valley Contractors Inc.
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