School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

A 1993 Chevrolet Camaro, converted into an electric-powered dragster and suitably adorned in its Wildcat finest for a trip to Hershey, will be displayed in the Antique Automobile Club of America museum there through Memorial Day. The museum's exhibit on alternative-fuel vehicles opened last weekend, and a number of School of Transportation Technology personnel Colin W.

After a cross-curricular journey between two of Penn College's academic schools, the Wildcat electric dragster was transported to the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum as part of an exhibit of alternative-energy vehicles.

Episodes of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" featuring television personality/commercial spokesperson Mike Rowe, who was accompanied to the mid-September taping by a Penn College graduate, aired Monday and Tuesday on WNEP. The "Dirty Jobs" host asked that he be joined by a scholarship recipient from his mikeroweWORKS Foundation.

Collision repair students learned some inside tricks of the trade Thursday from two of the top auto restorers in the country. Nate and John Miller, of Buckeye Classic Car Restoration in Canfield, Ohio, visited College Avenue Labs in selfless support of a new generation of automotive restoration specialists.

Five visitors from Erie Insurance, on campus to explore potential partnership opportunities with Penn College, toured laboratories in the schools of Construction and Design Technologies and Transportation Technology on Wednesday. Pleased at their hiring of two construction management graduates of the college, Erie representatives were afforded a closer look by school officials; Debra M.

Students in Penn College's heavy construction equipment technology and diesel technology majors this week got a close look at the newest vehicle in the heavy-duty fleet of a long-standing corporate partner.

Logan T. Richard, a May graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology's ornamental horticulture program, recently learned of his success in the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist examination. The exam was administered in December by horticulture instructor Carl J.

PCToday encourages you to watch, "like" and share the latest student-focused videos added to Penn College's YouTube channel. The short videos explore information technology with Michael F. Altobelli and on-site power generation with Rory K. Kania. Both videos were edited by Gerianne C.

Two associate-degree horticulture students at Pennsylvania College of Technology each received $1,250 scholarships during the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation's recent member-celebration dinner at the Lancaster Convention Center. The scholarships awarded to Kelsey R. Bromm, of Fountainville, and Matthew D.

The president of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Horticulture Club served as a student ambassador at the recent Green Industry Conference in Louisville, Ky. Jeremy L. Thorne, of Sugarloaf, majoring in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis in the college's School of Natural Resources Management, was one of eight students chosen nationwide for the Oct. 26-29 event.