The Community Arts Center is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a $5,000 donation from Woodlands Bank through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program. The funding will support the CAC’s approved programs, which include the Student Summer Stock, Educational Series and The Nutcracker production.
The U.S. Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers has selected William A. Schlosser as the association’s 2024 Emergency Management Educator of the Year. Schlosser is an emergency management and homeland security instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The award was presented at the 72nd IAEM-USA Annual Conference’s President’s Banquet and Awards Ceremony, held recently in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Community Arts Center is pleased to announce it is the recipient of a generous donation from Journey Bank through the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit program. The funding will directly support CAC’s acclaimed programs, including the Student Summer Stock, Educational Series and The Nutcracker production.
The business and industry professionals in Penn College’s Workforce Development are finalizing a full fall semester of networking and promoting their many services and program areas. Team members have engaged in a number of events, including Schaedler Yesco’s Tech School Expo in Pittsburgh, the MANTEC Smart Manufacturing Conference in York, Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center’s Manufacturing Day in Wilkes-Barre, and the Manufacturers’ Association Expo in York.
A longtime partner of Pennsylvania College of Technology recently donated to one of the school’s largest programs. Employees of High Steel Structures LLC – through the High Foundation – contributed $3,400 for use in the college’s welding program. Over 360 students are enrolled in the welding & metal fabrication program cluster at the college.
Groff Tractor & Equipment has loaned advanced John Deere equipment that is benefiting Pennsylvania College of Technology students in the heavy construction equipment technology majors. A John Deere 550K dozer and John Deere 544G wheel loader were donated for use for the Summer and Fall 2024 semesters. Six Penn College classes are gaining hands-on exposure to the equipment.
The fourth profile to be shared this week, during the “Give Thanks, Paw It Forward” celebration, is one of Penn College’s Corporate Tomorrow Makers – Weather Engineers, Inc., a 60-year-old company providing residential and commercial HVAC solutions in northeast Florida. Daniel E. Towers, a 1994 graduate of Penn College’s heating, ventilation & air conditioning technology major, is vice president of operations for the company. Towers enjoys recruiting Penn College students and alumni.
Students enrolled in emergency management & homeland security at Pennsylvania College of Technology are benefiting from a recent software donation. D4H has donated its cloud-based emergency management software to the college. Students in the Incident Command System Operations class now have access to the same software used by over 100,000 responders in 37-plus countries.
About 15 automotive restoration and collision repair students at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently refurbished an iconic car to award-winning results. For one of those students, the experience was also personal. Ty M. Tucker, of Columbia, is the great-great grandson of Preston Tucker, the legendary automotive figure responsible for the 1948 Tucker that the students repaired to win the First Junior Award at the Antique Automobile Club of America’s Eastern Division Fall Meet in Hershey.
The Plastics Innovation & Resource Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology conducted a flurry of workshops in October, delivering training to 25 professionals, representing 14 companies, four states and Canada. The three workshops – Color Science & Weathering, Plastic Materials & Processing Fundamentals, and Rotational Molding & Advanced Materials – featured lectures and extensive hands-on experience in Penn College’s industry-standard labs.
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