K-12 Events Articles

WNEP-TV stopped by the third annual Rotorfest, held Tuesday on the front lawns and parking lots of Pennsylvania College of Technology. Hosted by the emergency management & homeland security major, the event attracted nearly 600 K-12 students and school staff from 13 counties, as well as a range of emergency responders.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been named the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania 2025 Partner of the Year for its strong support of the student-led organization – a renowned champion of the skilled trades – for nearly five decades. Penn College President Michael J. Reed accepted the award for the college at the State Leadership and Skills Conference.

A unique anatomy competition, hosted recently by Pennsylvania College of Technology, connected students from 12 Pennsylvania high schools with future health career opportunities as they proved their knowledge in a gaming-style contest. Wellsboro Area High School took first place in the inaugural Penn College Anatomage Regional Tournament.

Students from high schools in five counties – Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga and Union – each enjoyed the opportunity to be a “Senator for a Day” during Sen. Gene Yaw’s annual Student Government Seminar, held at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday.

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology welding students advanced to the SkillsUSA National Championships by winning state titles yesterday in competitions conducted at the college. The three-person Penn College fabrication team – Clayton J. Fegley, of McClure; Sam R. Laudenslager, of Middleburg; and Tyler C. Martin, of Selinsgrove – and Liam W. Patton, of Apollo, secured spots at nationals with first-place showings.

The EQT Foundation has awarded $40,000 in grant funding to support two Pennsylvania College of Technology educational programs benefitting students in grades K-12. STEMFest, a hands-on engagement day celebrating engineering and technical careers, and the Community Arts Center’s Educational Series, providing annual arts programming and classroom resources, will each receive $20,000, thanks to the generous award.

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.

Twenty teams from 12 high schools are set to gather at Pennsylvania College of Technology on March 6 to test their anatomy knowledge using a unique learning technology from Anatomage Inc. In addition to challenging the competitors’ knowledge of anatomical structures, the Anatomage Tournament will provide participants with hands-on experience using Anatomage Table 3D technology.

Penn College hosted more than 350 students on campus during the semester’s first two Dual Enrollment Student Visit Days. The students – who are taking Penn College classes at their high school or career and technical education center – got a look at the labs where their on-campus counterparts study. “I love this place already,” said a York County School of Technology student touring the college’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning labs.

The Community Arts Center has received a $2,500 donation from Fulton Bank as part of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. “Fulton Bank is proud to support the educational initiatives at the Community Arts Center through the EITC program,” shared Leslie Temple, senior vice president market leader/business development, Fulton Bank.