School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

A $1,000 grant toward the purchase of a new lumber-drying kiln chamber for forestry students at Pennsylvania College of Technology has been provided by the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association. The kiln will enhance the industry-standard curriculum for students in Penn College's two-year forest technology major.

A 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper has been entrusted to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s automotive restoration program by Eleanor Packard, whose late husband – while no relation to the manufacturer – had a longtime connection to the classic American luxury car.

Jeremy L. Thorne at Arlington National Cemetery An honors graduate of Penn College's two-year landscape/horticulture technology major was among more than 400 volunteer landscape professionals taking part in Monday's 20th anniversary Renewal & Remembrance day of service arranged by the National Association of Landscape Professionals at Arlington National Cemetery.

Entering the bonsai area of Carl and Jessica Bower's garden All aboard the garden train! An espalier cherry dogwood, among the eye-catching features in the Bowers' garden Grapes wind their way along a pergola. A vegetable garden, rain barrel and pizza oven add to backyard haven.

Pennsylvania College of Technology provided a stunning backdrop for the Antique Automobile Club of America's Grand National Meet from Thursday through Saturday, an exciting and extraordinary event that was the largest ever held by the organization.

International student travelers await their flight from JFK to Zurich. Thirteen students from the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies this week began a 10-day journey to France and Italy, where they will visit exclusive automotive museums and body shops. The students are traveling with Roy H.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s diesel equipment majors now have newer equipment on which to hone their craft, thanks to a graduate’s ongoing involvement with his alma mater. The donation of a 2006 Volvo truck was facilitated by Greg A. Moser, an alumnus of Penn College’s former diesel technology: Mack emphasis major.

Drizzly Arbor Day no deterrent to student workers In observance of Arbor Day, five Penn College students and a faculty member braved the rain for a Friday afternoon's work in Way's Garden. The students planted a Cherokee Brave pink dogwood tree and several small shrubs, as well as providing some pruning in the beloved Williamsport park at West Fourth and Maynard streets.

Evergreen seedlings are held aloft by excited schoolchildren in the first-grade class of Barbara Stopper ... ... and by the third-graders of Brenda Kremser. First- and third-graders at St. John Neumann Regional Academy's elementary campus got an Arbor Day visit from a Penn College horticulture instructor on Friday, along with a take-home project to nurture. Carl J. Bower Jr.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has been honored with “Tree Campus USA” recognition for its commitment to effective urban forest management. Tree Campus USA is a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging employees and students in conservation goals.