Seventeen students from six area school districts participated in the 2023-24 Penn College Youth Leadership Program, an initiative hosted annually by Pennsylvania College of Technology. As part of their engagement, the youth leaders experienced field trips to local community service agencies. At the recent Youth Leadership Graduation Dinner, each student was presented with a “certificate of graduation” for completing the program.
Penn College hosted its final Dual Enrollment student visit for 2023-24 at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, the first time the event has been held solely on that campus. Forty-four students and five chaperones traveled from Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Cumberland Perry Area Career and Technical Center, and Wellsboro Area High School.
"Concrete Science and Careers,” offered to K-12 FFA instructors by faculty experts from Pennsylvania College of Technology, is already yielding positive impacts – including plans for a more in-depth session for the teachers later this spring. Faculty offered instructor workshops on three Saturdays during the Pennsylvania FFA’s “Agricultural Cooperation Establishes Success” Leadership Conference near Harrisburg.
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.
On Wednesday, Penn College hosted Step 2 of the Pennsylvania Council on Financial Literacy’s “Dream Learn Pitch” competition for K-12 students. “The goal today is we’re helping all the students develop their business plan,” said Eric Attinger, chief communications officer for Penn CFL.
Dressed in neon T-shirts that suitably represented the bright career possibilities across the expansive construction industry, more than 1,000 students and chaperones from regional high schools and career and technical education centers converged on main campus Thursday for PA Build My Future – an interactive showcase of limitless potential.
As part of a PAsmart “Advancing K-12 Computer Science & STEM Education” grant received by Pennsylvania College of Technology from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 24 middle school educators recently convened on campus for a weeklong hands-on externship.
Teachers became students May 9-10, when Penn College’s welding faculty hosted its second Welding Teacher Training program, a seminar that provided educators in high schools and career and technical education centers with an opportunity to immerse in hands-on learning in the college’s Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center.
More than 500 students enrolled in Penn College Dual Enrollment made visits to campus during the spring semester, immersing in a wide variety of majors, courtesy of college faculty.
With eyes on the sky and a wide range of career options, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s emergency management & homeland security major staged its inaugural Wildcat Rotorfest on April 11.
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