School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

A bountiful basket Halloween hangers-on Students craft decorative delights. Striking design includes the distinctive colors of the season. Students in a floral design class taught by Karen R.

On-site power generation students at Pennsylvania College of Technology have been awarded two of five $2,500 national scholarships announced this academic year by the Electrical Generating Systems Association. Among the David I. Coren Memorial Scholarship winners for the 2015-16 year are Garritt R. Aucker, of Winfield, and Dakota G. Schwartz, of Trevose. Garritt R. Aucker Dakota G.

Matt R. Gingerich shows students the Erb Brothers container nursery area. Longwood's entrance, dressed for fall At 14 feet high and 300 feet long, Longwood Gardens' famous interior Green Wall is the largest in North America. On Tuesday, 27 members of the Horticulture Club and two faculty – Dennis P. Skinner, assistant professor, and Carl J.

State Sens. Gene Yaw (R-Loyalsock Township) and Mike Folmer (R-Lebanon) share a laugh in the 727 cockpit with aviation maintenance technology seniors Sean J. Cornwell (center), of Collegeville, and James S. Alger, of Campbelltown. Against fall-colored foothills behind the runway, Brett A.

Mike Spinelli's "/Drive" channel visits main campus in a newly produced video that showcases Penn College's automotive restoration technology major. The 10-minute piece features interviews with students Andrew B. Switch, Joseph M. Kretz and Sean M. Hunter, as well as instructor Roy H. Klinger, who discuss the research involved in restoring a vintage vehicle.

Forest technology students (from left) are Paul R. South, Williamsport; Alyssa A. Peters, Lock Haven; Aaron M. Weston, Winfield; Harris D. Nowotarski, Womelsdorf; Brett A. Forney, Millersburg; and Harley R. Heichel, Wellsboro. Six forest technology students attended the Pennsylvania Forest Products Association's recent annual reception and dinner at the Toftrees Golf Resort in State College.

Members of the student organization install plants at the VFW post. Beautifying Post 844 are (front row, from left) Bower; Seth W. Strickland, Telford; Matthew D. Schaeffer, Oley; Justin M. Rinehimer, Mountain Top; Tiffany E. Griffie, Newville; Todd A. Grace, Alburtis; and Ryan Rousseau, Pipersville; and (back row, from left) Zachary M. Meling, Hawley; Robert A. Burger, Millersburg; Edward T.

The unique opportunities at Penn College – one of the nation's oldest continuous automotive programs, one of the largest educational labs for collision repair and one of the few vintage restoration degree programs on the East Coast – are promoted in a video invitation to the Antique Automobile Club of America's 2016 Grand National Meet to be hosted on main campus next spring.

Chris J. Holley (left) and Tony Schumacher An eye-catching Army display draws interest from the race-day crowd. An automotive faculty member represented Penn College as a guest of the Army and Don Schumacher Racing during Saturday's "Army Day at the Races" during the Keystone Nationals held at Maple Grove Raceway just outside Reading. Assistant professor Chris J.

Axalta Coating Systems, a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings to the transportation and industrial sectors, has extended its sponsorship of the collision repair technology and automotive restoration technology programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology for four years.