On a day celebrating luck and blessings (St. Patrick’s Day), the annual Scholarship Luncheon applauded the generous support and inspiration provided through philanthropy to Pennsylvania College of Technology students. Nearly 300 donors, students and their guests attended the gathering, held in the college’s Field House.
A $108,000 gift from The Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation, of Harrisburg, has increased the foundation’s endowed scholarship to a balance of $3.9 million, the largest endowed scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Student recipients who meet selection criteria established by the college receive $5,000 per year – for up to four years – from the Stabler Scholarship Fund, the largest at the college.
Friday’s “Centre County Report” featured a story on Penn College’s Transportation Scholars program. The weekly broadcast -- produced by students in the capstone broadcast journalism course in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State – included an interview with Bradley M. Webb, dean of engineering technologies.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a nearly $1.5 million federal grant to support students majoring in a transportation-related field. The National Science Foundation awarded $1,498,465 (grant No. 2221107) as part of its S-STEM program, which funds scholarships for academically talented low-income students.
Representatives from Coterra Energy, Pennsylvania College of Technology and elected officials from the region gathered on Jan. 24 for the presentation of a $1.4 million check in conjunction with the company’s Neighborhood Assistance Program donation to the college. The funds will pay for renovation and expansion of labs and instructional spaces in the college’s electrical and architecture & sustainable design programs, as well as generate Camp Freedom scholarships for veterans and first responders.
In what has become a tradition, Pennsylvania College of Technology students lead the list of scholarship recipients from a national foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers. Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, awarded the scholarships – each worth up to $2,500 – to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a certificate or degree program leading to a manufacturing career.
The Retail Confectioners Association of Philadelphia, which for years has provided a learning experience for Pennsylvania College of Technology baking & pastry arts students during its Philadelphia National Candy, Gift & Gourmet Show, recently established an annual scholarship for students in the college’s baking and culinary majors.
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.
The 14th Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Dinner & Auction raised a total of $141,000 for student scholarships at the college. Held at Penn College’s Madigan Library, the event was sponsored by Lycoming Engines and featured a live auction of 25 donated items and services by Ron Roan of Roan Inc. Auctioneers & Appraisers, who donated his professional services, as well as a silent auction of 26 items and services.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was among only seven selected worldwide to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Working Group. Alicia Martinez, of Allentown, a senior in the college's four-year aviation maintenance technology major, was awarded a first-place scholarship that provides a tuition waiver for a helicopter manufacturer training school and a stipend to offset expenses.
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