School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

Fifteen Penn College horticulture students and instructor Carl J. Bower Jr. recently took a field trip to the gardens of the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C. While there, the group met with Sarah A. Tietbohl, a 2005 floral design/interior plantscape alumna and a 2006 graduate in technology management.

About 65 students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's heavy construction equipment and diesel technology majors were treated to a recent demonstration of Volvo pipe-laying equipment at the Wayne Township Landfill in McElhattan. The event, the latest in Volvo's ongoing partnership with the college, was a collaboration among Henry J.

A mix of about 12 Penn College faculty members and students volunteered at the Susquehanna 500 Mini-Indy the local Red Cross's largest fundraising event that was postponed from September. Penn College automotive students and faculty from automotive and machining provided technical support for the race, in which teams comprised of businesses or individuals raise money for the Red Cross.

Drawing upon decades of experience in the automobile industry and an ongoing "Cars are fun!" enthusiasm for classic vehicles, a former General Motors executive told Pennsylvania College of Technology students Friday that they are entering a solid career at a time of unprecedented opportunity.

In an Earth Day tradition (and on a typically unpredictable April day that saw traces of all four seasons), about 90 fifth-graders visited Penn College's Schneebeli Earth Science Center to celebrate the great outdoors. Moving among hands-on information stations staffed by forest technology students organized by professor Dennis F.

About 12 students participated in the Floral Arrangements Short Course held Tuesday evening in Penn's Inn. Christine A. Fink, a member of Penn College's horticulture faculty, led the course and taught students how to make elegant floral arrangements. The program, like others offered this year in the Bush Campus Center, was sponsored by the Student Activities Office. Photos by Michael J.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QM2TM-ZNRg Penn College's landscape/horticulture technology program is a thriving source of skilled workers for the nation's "green" industry, as evidenced by satisfied employers at a recent Career Fair in the School of Natural Resources Management. "Students from Penn College who are coming out ...

Adding to the natural area outside the Children's Learning Center, members of the Horticulture Club recently built a tepee to provide shade for children at play. Instructor and club adviser Carl J. Bower Jr.

Born in the high-profile restoration of an automotive legend and abuzz ever since with student excitement at working on other vintage vehicles, Pennsylvania College of Technology's newest two-year major recently attracted a considerable boost.

Students in a Fixture Design and Fabrication course at Pennsylvania College of Technology gained hands-on experience by producing an oversized "bead roller" that will, in turn, help provide hands-on experience in a new automotive restoration major. The students custom made the bead roller, which creates a groove or "bead" in sheet metal.