Four students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's automotive technology management bachelor-degree major will receive a share of $112,000 in awards from the Specialty Equipment Market Association Memorial Scholarship Fund. William W. Carpenter Jr., of Point Pleasant Boro, N.J.; Joshua D. Greenplate, of Red Lion; Isaac S. Hostetter, of Lebanon; and Bradley P.
A 2008 graduate of Penn College's two-year automotive technology major recently received a Champion Diagnosis Feedback Award from BMW of North America. Mark A. Lowmaster, a technician with Circle BMW in Eatontown, N.J., since 2009, was presented with a $500 gift card at an industry luncheon.
A Penn College graduate is among 38 professionals recognized at the recent fall board meeting of the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence in Scottsdale, Ariz. Robb S. Schenck, a May 1999 graduate in automotive technology now employed at BZ Motors in Lewisburg, was selected as the Chrysler/ASE Master Automobile Technician of the Year.
The family of a young Pennsylvania College of Technology alumnus who died unexpectedly in October has established a scholarship fund at the college in his memory.
The Automotive Department at Pennsylvania College of Technology offers limited, low-cost automotive maintenance, diagnosis and repair services to current faculty/staff and students as a part of its courses. Patrons are responsible for the cost of the parts needed and a $10 shop fee, and should be prepared to present Penn Collegeidentification when dropping offtheir vehicles.
Four automotive students and their Pennsylvania College of Technology instructor are applying some 21st-century know-how to a car that predates them by decades: a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible that is being restored for display at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey. "This car definitely is a cream puff," said Roy A.
Pennsylvania College of Technology was recognized at the recent North American Council of Automotive Teachers conference for successfully (and magnanimously) hosting the organization's 35th annual event last year. The commemorative trophy was presented at this year's conference held July 19-24 at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, N.C. to Dale E.
A team of automotive technology students from Berks Career and Technology Center, Leesport, won the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition recently held on the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus.
Three alternative-fuel vehicles made a road trip from University Park to Penn College on Saturday morning as part of the 21st Century Automotive Challenge hosted by Penn State's Hybrid and Hydrogen Vehicle Research Laboratory.
Recognizing his alma mater's need for late-model vehicles from a variety of manufacturers, a grateful graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology recently brokered the donation of two automobiles to the college's School of Transportation Technology. Anthony J.
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