What once was a drab storage area in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Field House is now a functional team room for Wildcat athletics, thanks to staff from General Services. Carpenters, electricians, painters and plumbers transformed the space, which consisted of concrete walls and flooring with minimal lighting, into a crisp, clean room benefiting student athletes.
The Dunham Children's Learning Center at Penn College celebrated the March 2 birthday of Dr. Seuss and its corresponding Read Across America Day – an annual, national celebration that typically extends for one wonderful week.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 15, for Dale A. Metzker, a retired Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member and recipient of its Master Teacher Award. Metzker died March 10 at the age of 84.
Dining Services partnered with Penn College resident assistants to host a Tasting Showcase. Dining Services cooks prepared several items focused on plant-based food options and Pennsylvania-sourced ingredients. Participants were asked to complete a survey to indicate what items they may be interested in seeing on college menus.
On Monday evening, Ellyn A. Lester, assistant dean of construction & architectural technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, appeared on WVIA-TV’s “Women Building the Future,” an episode of the “Keystone Edition: Business” program.
Ellyn A. Lester, assistant dean of construction & architectural technologies, will be a panelist on WVIA-TV’s “Keystone Edition: Business” program. The episode, “Women Building the Future,” premieres Monday, March 10 at 7 p.m. on the PBS affiliate for Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.
Recruitment during Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Spring Career Fair reflected the school’s 97.7% overall graduate placement rate. More than 300 companies – from Fortune 500 corporations to regional businesses – attended the March 4-5 event, offering ample full-time employment and internship opportunities. About 1,230 students engaged with employers in the college’s Bardo Gymnasium and Field House.
WNEP-TV reported on today’s Penn College Regional Anatomage Tournament, which brought 20 teams from 12 Pennsylvania high schools to campus to test their anatomy skills. The local ABC affiliate interviewed the college’s Elizabeth S. Gizenski, director of surgical technology, as well as an Anatomage representative and a student from Benton High School.
A faculty-alumni collaboration is resulting in a new brew to be released next week during Spring Break. Penn College brewing & fermentation science grad Devin (Shellhammer) Smith, head brewer at Clarion River Brewing Co., asked her former instructor, Timothy L. Yarrington, to partner on crafting a traditional British beer.
Read the Spring 2025 edition of Penn College Magazine, featuring the feats of the Diesel Performance Club and its lightning quick “Accelerated Learning” Mack truck; the Hall of Fame-worthy tool collection of Eric L. Anstadt, assistant professor of electrical technology/occupations; the Clean Energy Center’s expanding reach; the architecture & sustainable design program’s past and present, and much more.
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