Using an oversized Post-it note as a visual and conversation starter, Student Development Assistants recently shared the impact donors have on their Penn College experience. They referenced the importance of financial support from donors to help students earn “degrees that work,” then asked their peers to put their gratitude in writing.
Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s paramedic program have joined Penn State Emergency Medical Services to provide coverage at the university’s seven 2018 home football games in Beaver Stadium. “Penn State EMS is charged with providing standby coverage at every home football game,” explained Christopher T. Boyer, director of paramedic technology programs at Penn College.
A 1956 Ford Thunderbird convertible has been given to Pennsylvania College of Technology by a Monroe County man who owned it for nearly 50 years. Paul Hoffman, of Saylorsburg, donated the vintage vehicle – in its original Peacock Blue – for use by automotive restoration technology students.
The theater of battle fills with participants and spectators. Action heats up in the competition cage. A steady hand on the controller ... and in capturing the contest on cellphone video. The makings of a winner? Penn College hosted battles of ingenuity during SWORD Fall Fights 2018 in the Field House.
A free family-style Thanksgiving dinner was served to 620 students Monday night − the equivalent of three full seatings in the Keystone Dining Room! − and an earlier "Soup for the Soul" benefit helped ensure that such bounty could be shared by those struggling with food insecurity.
Large-scale greeting cards created by student groups and campus offices, sending year-end greetings to their Penn College family in trademark hands-on fashion, were installed Tuesday on the Breuder Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center lawn. The 43 cards will be lighted − and winners announced in both categories − at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Three aviation students, who didn’t realize each other had signed up for the leadership series until their first boot camp class, enjoy the final festivities. From left: Brent H. Thomson, Kate M. Ruggiero and Kerelos M. Bekhit. Moore delivers an inspiring talk on the initiative and persistence involved in being a leader. Amanda J. Confer (left) receives her certificate from Bressler.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology radiography student, finding common ground with a patient she met during a clinical experience at a local hospital, made a trip to New York City that she’ll likely never forget. Nor will the World War II veteran she accompanied.
Exhibiting the team-oriented play that is their organization's hallmark, members of the Wildcat Online Gaming Association work together with singular purpose. Aided by a youthful band of helping hands, nursing instructor Sherry L. Hyland (in red); clinical director Tanae A. Traister (kneeling) and Jessica L. Bower, simulation laboratory coordinator, show off their work.
Six landscape/horticulture technology students and a Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member recently traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, for a pair of prominent industry events. The Penn College group attended the Green Industry & Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO), the nation’s largest trade show in that field, and LANDSCAPES 2018, a premier networking and educational conference.
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