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Ten Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently awarded financial assistance through the Allan Myers Corporate Scholars program. Allan Myers, one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest heavy civil construction firms, is a decades-long supporter of the college and its “tomorrow maker” students.

The Physical Therapist Assistant Recruitment Day, held recently in the atrium of the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center, connected a number of employers with the Penn College talent they are seeking. The event was among 12 major-specific recruitment opportunities organized by Career Services during Spring 2025.

Pennsylvania College of Technology landscape/plant production technology students are reaping the rewards they earned at the 49th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition, held recently at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Penn College’s contingent of 18 students achieved an excellent showing in the three-day event, placing 18th out of 54 schools, thanks to top finishes by seven students.

Ernie Dojack, of Concrete Countertop Solutions, recently provided information and live demos to concrete science technology students enrolled in a Decorative Concrete class. Dojack, who has 15-plus years in the industry, showcased the difference between cast-in-place concrete countertop systems and precast concrete countertop methods and products.

A group of industrial design students from Pennsylvania College of Technology recently toured Globus Medical, a leading orthopedic medical device company headquartered in Audubon. The students are enrolled in their major’s Medical Device Design class, taught by instructor Catherine A. Krawiec, a former employee of Globus Medical’s spine division.

The third annual Rotorfest, held this month at Pennsylvania College of Technology, brought more than 500 K-12 students and educators to campus to learn about the college’s emergency management & homeland security major and interact with a wide range of emergency response professionals.

Four "pop-up" Employer Information Tables are scheduled for April 21-24 on the Penn College campus. Interested students should take advantage of these visits and bring their resumes.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has recognized the support of longtime partner West Pharmaceutical Services Inc., a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, with the naming of a lab in the school’s Electrical Technologies Center.

About 30 Pennsylvania College of Technology students will be part of the culinary brigade serving guests at Churchill Downs during the 151st running of the famed Kentucky Derby on May 3. The students were interviewed and hired by staff of Levy Restaurants, which provides dining operations at Churchill Downs, for internships at the facility during Derby Week, the event-filled lead-up to the Kentucky Derby.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Construction Management Association was honored for the second consecutive year with Associated Builders and Contractors’ Student Chapter of the Year Award. The national award recognizes an outstanding ABC student chapter for its accomplishments in programming, community service, communications/public relations and interaction with its sponsoring ABC chapter.