Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning Articles

From left, National Association of Oil and Energy Service Professionals representatives Angel Gonzales, Art Nelsen and Judy Garber join Marc E. Bridgens, dean of construction and design technologies; students Roger C. Bruso, Thomas E. Daros Jr. and Michael J. Boylston; and HVAC faculty members Kenneth E. Welker Jr. and Richard C. Taylor outside the PDC.

"Race to Zero" Want a $0.00 energy bill? It is possible! The Penn College community can learn how at Thursday's "Race to Zero" presentation, set for 3:30 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium. Everyone will learn about current standards that can be used to design houses that produce as much energy as they use. All students are invited to be part of the U.S.

Jeff Erdly Members of the campus community – particularly students in construction-related majors – are encouraged to attend a lecture by Jeff Erdly, a 1972 graduate of Williamsport Area Community College and a world-renowned authority on building and masonry preservation, who will speak at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium.

Jeffrey C. Comitz, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major from Hughesville, has been chosen as the first Student of the Month of the Fall 2014 semester at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Donald L. Belles Donald L. Belles, a former assistant professor of HVAC technology who also served as interim/temporary dean of construction and design technologies, died Tuesday at age 64. An obituary for Belles, who was employed at Penn College (and its predecessor, Williamsport Area Community College) from August 1984 to July 2001, has been posted to the Sanders Mortuary website.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students claimed four of six $5,000 national scholarships offered by the Oil and Energy Service Professionals. The recipients, all of them enrolled in the college’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology major, are: Evan J. Aigeldinger, of Broomall; Michael J. Boylston, of Carmel, N.Y.; Roger C.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Harrisburg Area Community College recently entered into articulation agreements allowing graduates of HACC’s graphic design and HVAC programs a smoother transition if they choose to continue their education at Penn College.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently awarded $2,000 scholarships from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute.  Michael J. Boylston, of Carmel, N.Y., and Jeffrey C. Comitz, of Hughesville, both enrolled in the four-year heating, ventilation and air conditioning design technology major, are among the 2013-14 recipients of the Clifford H. “Ted” Rees Jr.

The college hosts skills contests in plumbing ... ... commercial baking ... ... precision machining ... ... and even nail care. Penn College was the site for more than 30 skills competitions Friday as faculty joined representatives from business and industry to help facilitate and judge the SkillsUSA District 6 competitions.

Bruce A. Emig, a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member who died in May 2013 after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, has been memorialized by a scholarship at the college. Emig’s wife, Cindy, endowed the scholarship in his memory. Emig was an assistant professor of HVAC technology who had been employed at Penn College since 1989.