Through expansion of a state program announced on Nov. 20, Pennsylvania College of Technology will receive more than $1.4 million from Coterra Energy for renovation and expansion of labs and instructional spaces in its electrical and architecture & sustainable design programs. The funding will also generate scholarships for veterans and first responders from Camp Freedom.
With the signing of House Bill 1461 on Thursday by Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s state appropriation for 2023-24 increases by $3.23 million (12.1%) to $29.97 million. Lawmakers approved the legislation on Wednesday.
An ongoing partnership between Pennsylvania College of Technology and Miller Electric Mfg. LLC helps to ensure that students in the college’s welding and fabrication majors can continue to hone their skills on state-of-the-art equipment used throughout the welding industry.
A $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation sparked extensive renovations to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s automated manufacturing lab while expanding scholarship offerings and enabling the college to promote manufacturing careers more broadly to K-12 students. The Gene Haas Center for Innovative Manufacturing was formally dedicated on Nov. 6.
A themed edition of City & State Pennsylvania magazine features a pair of articles that train a revealing spotlight on Pennsylvania College of Technology's leadership and on the institutional alliances that deliver transformative opportunities to students.
Four Penn College alumni who work at Lycoming Engines' Williamsport headquarters made a surprise visit to campus Thursday morning to share their company’s Little League Baseball World Series pin with several college offices.
Threatening skies delivered on their radar-green promise of a soggy Monday, but it wasn't enough to scuttle Penn College's proud prelude to the Little League Baseball World Series.
As if Welcome Week isn't epic enough, greeting new and returning students as they prepare to leave their mark on the invitingly blank canvas of a fresh semester. Thursday night's activities alone brought a soaking rain, a swag toss to the screaming (and standing-room-only) mass of Wildcat fans who poured into UPMC Field, remarks from President Michael J. Reed – whose birthday prompted a crowdsourced serenade – and, accenting the beauty of a campus in full flower, a rainbow!
Members of Pennsylvania College of Technology's summer "Class of '23," stepping across the Community Arts Center stage during Saturday's 11 a.m. commencement ceremony, were urged by student speaker Kathryn Ann Plankenhorn to slow down and appreciate the "monumental moment" at which they realized their longtime goal of a college degree.
A Business Energy Forum facilitated by the Marcellus Shale Coalition brought a variety of stakeholders to Penn College on Tuesday for a lunchtime discussion of the regional economic and job opportunities created by the natural gas sector.
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