The co-hosts of Penn College's "Tomorrow Makers" podcast waste no time getting this new year rolling, diving head-first into 2024 and an exploration of "The Value of Career Design." Lend an ear as Sumer Beatty and Carlos Ramos talk with Lizze R. Winters, career and professional programming manager, about the process of designing a career, maintaining a work-life balance, assessing the role that values play, and understanding why return on investment matters.
A Penn College student and her husband welcomed a daughter at 4:39 a.m. Jan. 1, the first birth of the new year at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. A number of media outlets reported Aurora Jo's arrival through interviews with Felicia E. and Bradlee S. Rindo, of Loyalsock Township. Felicia, a work-study student at The College Store, is pursuing a bachelor's degree in applied management. She earned an associate degree in human services & restorative justice in 2022.
A memorial service will be Friday, Jan. 5, for Ronald L. Rock, the 1993 recipient of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Master Teacher Award, who died Sunday, Dec. 17, at age 87. Rock joined the Williamsport Area Community College faculty in the Fall 1971 semester and retired from Penn College as a professor of business administration in May 1993.
Pennsylvania College of Technology held its last commencement ceremony of 2023 on Dec. 16, an occasion marked by comfort and joy – both inside the Community Arts Center and out.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its Fall 2023 graduates. A commencement ceremony was held Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State.
Three students who graduated in Saturday's Fall Commencement exercises were recognized at an Excellence in Student Leadership and Service Awards Ceremony in the Community Arts Center's Capitol Lounge prior to their 11 a.m. procession. President Michael J. Reed paid tribute to the "small, but mighty group of absolutely extraordinary" honorees in his welcoming remarks, noting their selection for collegewide recognition from among 4,300 Penn College students.
More than 100 high school students, most already taking hospitality-related courses in their secondary school, explored Penn College’s baking and culinary majors on Dec. 1.
We interrupt your seasonally scheduled bustle to bring you this singular moment of serenity, a calming look at a bejeweled campus intended to bring joy to the world of Penn College students, employees and the entire community beyond its pillared gates. As Time magazine's Person of the Year sings, "A diamond's gotta shine!"
Twenty-eight participants from nearly a dozen career and technical education centers vied for glory in the diesel competition at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center, representing the readily attainable possibilities that await those pursuing an applied technology education. Berks Career & Technology Center (heavy equipment) won first place overall and received $5,000 in training funds courtesy of Cleveland Brothers Equipment Co. Inc.
Groundwork for next spring's Baja SAE Williamsport competition – to be hosted by Penn College at its Heavy Construction Equipment Operations Site in Brady Township – is continuing, inside and out. With most of the student body home on semester break, Baja team members stayed behind to work on their vehicle. And even though classes are on hiatus until next year, there's still much to do at the competition site itself.
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