A foundation dedicated to supporting packaging and processing education has awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a Pennsylvania College of Technology mechatronics student. Marissa R. Rupert, of Danville, is one of six students in North America to receive the PACK EXPO scholarship from the PMMI Foundation of the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
The Dunham Children's Learning Center became a supportive segment of "Bulldog Nation" on Thursday, uniting with a number of area schools in solidarity with the Jersey Shore Area School District.
When staff and students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant catered daily meals for the teams participating in the 2023 Little League Baseball World Series, they had an extra token to share: trading pins designed by Penn College graphic design student Brock R. Hower, of Montoursville.
Students are finishing the fifth week of classes already, and Career Services has marked each of those weeks on a calendar overflowing with networking opportunities for students and alumni. Activities from Sept. 10-14 included a daylong Human Services & Restorative Justice Expo on Tuesday and several more Recruitment Days, including an architecture-related one on Thursday.
Working under Thursday morning's plentiful sunshine and cooled by a pleasant breeze, construction students could be found in familiar circumstances: once again collaborating with General Services on outdoor improvements to the campus landscape. Three sections of Concrete Construction (BCT238) classes taught by Franklin H. Reber Jr. and Joseph F. DiBucci have been busy since the start of the fall semester, pouring new walkways in several locations.
Student teams gave it their all during Wildcat Wars, a grueling and gladiatorial contest of wills and wiles, that was won in a Friday night squeaker.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students added a new chapter to their history of success at Baja SAE with a recent top-10 finish in the competition’s premier event. At Baja SAE Ohio, Penn College placed ninth in the four-hour endurance race, considered the toughest test at the international showcase. Schools are required to design, manufacture and build a single-seat, all-terrain, four-wheel-drive vehicle to survive various challenges.
First-time coach David Straub has high hopes for the Pennsylvania College of Technology tennis program, and he will draw from his blue-collar experience as a homebuilder to build it.
A graphic designer who has created and revitalized brands to international acclaim shared his grounded advice recently with graphic design students at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Todd True’s world has revolved around such companies as John Deere, FedEx, BP, Canadian Airlines and Johnson & Johnson, but he is connected locally – serving on the Advertising Art/Graphic Design Advisory Committee and being the father of a Penn College freshman.
As another testament to Penn College students' willingness to be of hands-on service to the community, nine members of the Human Services and Restorative Justice Club volunteered to help with Tuesday night's appearance of Kevin Hines at the Community Arts Center.
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