School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

Eight first-place winners from Pennsylvania College of Technology have advanced to the 51st annual National SkillsUSA Conference, to be held from June 22-26 in Kentucky. Five other students from the college finished in the top four places in a variety of categories during the SkillsUSA Pennsylvania Leadership and Skills Conference held April 8-10 in Hershey.

A 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport restored by Pennsylvania College of Technology students for the Antique Automobile Club of America won a First Senior Award – the first for the college – during the club-sponsored Charlotte AutoFair in North Carolina. “The award is a great recognition of the efforts of our students and faculty,” said Brett A.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Woodsmen Team participated in an April 11 regional competition at Allegany College of Maryland, with many of the members placing in their respective events. “This is the first team we’ve had since 2010, and this was their first meet,” said G. Andrew Bartholomay, an assistant professor of forest technology. “I couldn’t be prouder of how they performed.

NPR spotlights college's role in shale careers. Penn College's role in training workers for the natural gas industry is featured in a report that aired on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" (and affiliate stations) on Monday. Jeff Brady, a national correspondent for NPR who recently visited campus, talked with Tracy L.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology student is among only eight selected internationally to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Committee. Jacob R.

Horticulture students from Pennsylvania College of Technology finished in the top 10 of three categories in the Professional Landscape Network's 39th annual Student Career Days held in Raleigh, North Carolina.

An alumnus of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s landscape/horticulture program was recently honored with the first Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Professional Landscape Network. Jeremy L.

A $3,000 industry grant will help recruit students for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s fledgling partnership with the Chrysler family of automobile dealerships.

ESC blood drive aids Red Cross Seventeen pints were donated during a recent Bloodmobile visit to the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, the American Red Cross reports. As each pint of blood benefits three people, a total of 51 patients will be helped by the March 5 collection. Will E.

Caleb G. Schirmer, of Sugarloaf, a technology management major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been chosen as the February Student of the Month. Schirmer, who earned an associate degree in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis in 2014, is president of the Off-Campus Housing Organization and secretary of Students Making a Contribution.