More than 100 industry officials, thought leaders and partners – representing 69 employers – attended Thursday’s second annual Apprenticeship Summit to discuss how best to close skills gaps, retain workers and attract new employees. The keynote speaker was Eric M.
An inaugural exhibition displaying the architectural design work of 18 seniors in the building science and sustainable design majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will open soon in The Gallery at Penn College. A public reception for “Sustainable Design 2019” will be held Thursday, May 16, from 3:30 to 6 p.m., with a gallery talk at 4:30 p.m.
Nick W. Soracco (right), an automotive restoration technology major from Oakwood, Ga., talks with an attendee about the student-restored 1947 Tucker prototype – back on campus after travels that have included a trip to Pebble Beach, Calif. The 1953 Verrill Wolf Wagon, restored to award-winning status by Penn College students, makes an appearance.
Student teams from four area high schools will share $2,100 to realize community projects they presented as part of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s ninth annual Youth Leadership Program.
Stop the presses! Don't bring down the curtain yet on the Spring 2019 semester, not while there are still events to chronicle and occasions to celebrate! As students, faculty and staff count down to midmonth commencement exercises – and the beckoning summer beyond – a number of lighthearted activities have helpfully conspired to put respite on the cramming-for-finals calendar.
The Student Nurses' Association teamed up with six other campus organizations and Student Activities to raise about $1,800 at Tuesday's "Penn College for a Cure" cancer benefit walk. Joining SNA in the successful collaboration were Circle K, PC Alliance, the Penn College Construction Association, Omega Delta Sigma and Phi Mu Delta fraternities, and Wildcat Events Board.
April showers bring May flowers AND the traditional sprint to the spring semester's finish line. Aside from final exams, capstones and other yearend projects, the Penn College campus is annually abuzz with pastimes to occupy students' remaining waking hours (as well as those of the PCToday photographers trying to keep up).
Scholarship recipients Genevieve F. Guzman (left) and Olivia C. Ferki join the reception to converse with donors. Guzman is a nursing student from Pottsville, and Ferki is a plastics and polymer engineering technology major from Richboro. Under the warm glow of generosity, the president (right) welcomes donors to the reception in the SASC lobby.
Kathleen V. McNaul, director of college transitions and first year initiatives, talks with Frankie M. Gagliardi III, of Pottstown. Accepted students and their families hear an informative overview from Murphy. Lunch, featuring a teeming end-of-the-line cookie tray, beckons visitors. Sandra L. Richmond (center left), dean of nursing and health sciences, engages guests in conversation.
The annual Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work observance brought 36 young women and men to Penn College’s campuses for a variety of activities Thursday. Human Resources' Mattie L. Pulizzi and Jennifer L. Whitmoyer coordinated the day’s program, which included job-shadowing with parents and their co-workers; campus tours; career-focused activities with the School of Business & Hospitality, The Dr.
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