A longtime advocate of applied technology education is donating $8,000 to empower area high school students taking college-credit courses via Pennsylvania College of Technology. PPL Electric Utilities has made the financial commitment through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program to support Penn College Dual Enrollment.
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. is increasing its longstanding support of Pennsylvania College of Technology. A leading global coatings company, Axalta has committed to an annual $15,000 donation of paint and related supplies for the next five years, benefiting collision repair and automotive restoration students
Continuing its support of Pennsylvania College of Technology, WM, formerly known as Waste Management, has donated $10,000 to back the institution’s dual enrollment program. Penn College Dual Enrollment enables academically qualified high school and career and technology education center students to take college-credit courses tuition-free during their regular school day.
Ten Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently awarded financial assistance through the Allan Myers Corporate Scholars program. Allan Myers, one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest heavy civil construction firms, is a decades-long supporter of the college and its “tomorrow maker” students.
Alumnus Jeffrey L. Erdly, a longtime benefactor of Pennsylvania College of Technology with a distinguished career in the construction industry, was recently presented with an award by ASTM International, recognizing an ASTM member who has made significant professional contributions to the field of building technology and/or to multidisciplinary technical problem-solving in the construction industry.
Empowering tomorrow’s workforce through investing in Pennsylvania College of Technology students was the focus of the annual Donor Recognition Reception, held Monday evening in the lobby of the Davie Jane Gilmour Center. The event spotlights the powerful giving of alumni, corporate partners, employees, parents and friends.
Jersey Shore State Bank recently made a gift to support Penn College Dual Enrollment, a program that allows academically qualified high school and career and technology education center students to take Penn College courses tuition-free during their regular school day. The bank provided a $7,000 gift to the program through the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a car that will serve as an instructional resource and a marketing vehicle. Volkswagen Group of America and Ciocca Automotive have donated a 2018 VW Tiguan to the college. The value of the car is $21,391.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has recognized the support of longtime partner West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, with the naming of a lab in the school’s Electrical Technologies Center.
A long-term corporate partner of Pennsylvania College of Technology is extending its commitment to the school’s popular welding program. Hypertherm Associates, a U.S.-based manufacturer of industrial cutting products and software, is providing the college with 10 new machines as part of a two-year entrustment renewal.
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