School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies News Articles

An automotive graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technologyhas received the Technician of the Future award, sponsored by Mitchell 1 and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. Colin N. Hoffard, of Willow Street, recognized for having the highest score in North America on the ASE exam, waspresented withthe honor during a Nov.

When Pennsylvania College of Technology sophomore Jeffrey J. Faherty entered his first marathon race in Harrisburg on Nov. 11, he didn't know what to expect and he was surprised with the result.

A Pittsburgh-based landscaping company has provided a boost to a growing scholarship fund for students studying landscape technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Daniel Eichenlaub, president of Eichenlaub Inc. Landscape Contractor, visited Penn College's Earth Science Center near Allenwood recently to present a check for $1,000 to support the Richard J. Weilminster Scholarship Fund.

Aesthetics and education converge at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center's conifer garden , funded by the American Conifer Society and the Iseli Nursery Inc. in Boring, Ore. The grant proposal was submitted (and the plants selected) by Carl J. Bower, a member of the School of Natural Resources Management's horticulture faculty, with the blessing of Richard J.

Students from Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management recently got some help from acknowledged authorities when it comes to digging in the dirt: a group of boys and girls from the Williamsport YMCA child-care facility.

Penn College's Horticulture Club, which regularly is involved in campus and community projects, has donated $300 to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life effort. The student organization based in the School of Natural Resources Management and advised by horticulture faculty member Carl J.

Nearly 1,350 ninth- through 12-graders (and 172 chaperones) from 38 area schools gathered on Penn College's campuses Friday for Career Day, which allows high school students to explore a wide variety of technical careers through hands-on activities, tours of facilities, and discussions with students and faculty.

From Friday through Sunday, Pennsylvania College of Technology student drivers, mechanics and welders descended upon Williamsport's Brandon Park to participate in the 11th annual Susquehanna 500, a charity go-kart race sponsored by the Northcentral Pennsylvania chapter of the American Red Cross.

Prize money won by Pennsylvania College of Technology students at a competition in 2002 will be used to fund a new scholarship at the college. The School of Natural Resources Management Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship will generate a $1,000 award for each of the next six years.

Colin W. Williamson, Penn College's dean of transportation technology and a 20-year Navy commander will discuss "The Construction of the U.S. Fleet for the Battle of Lake Erie" at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society, 858 W. Fourth St.