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An Emergency Medical Technician course, beginning the week of Aug. 20, will be offered at three locations by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

An educational roundtable on the benefits of apprenticeships – closing skills gaps, retaining workers and attracting new employees – will be held May 3 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Sponsored by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, the 2018 Apprenticeship Summit will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Penn’s Inn on the second floor of the Bush Campus Center.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering training to people seeking employment in the natural gas and energy industry.

For those looking to sharpen their computer skills while learning something new, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering several easy-to-comprehend computer courses. The Microsoft Office courses are taught by qualified instructors at a comfortable pace for all levels of adult learners.

Three classes covering a variety of creative tools in the Adobe family of software applications will be offered in March by Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The courses are taught by qualified instructors in a relaxed classroom environment, allowing participants to learn, experiment and ask questions.

With a new gift of more than $150,000, Chevron Appalachia funding for Pennsylvania College of Technology scholarships and outreach in energy and manufacturing has surpassed $550,000.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a course to help high school students better prepare for the standardized test used as an admissions tool by many institutions of higher learning.

Taking "a trip down memory lane" through 20 years of change since her first all-college speech as then-interim president, Davie Jane Gilmour officially ushered in the Spring 2018 semester with a Friday all-college message for faculty and staff: "Do not doubt for a moment that we are a force with which to be reckoned." Detailing two decades' worth of growth – in such far-reaching areas as enrollmen

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently appointed Beth M. Bittenbender as operations/special projects director for Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, which partners with companies to provide short-term training and project support.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a 96-hour Programmable Logic Controller training at no cost to participants at multiple sites in northcentral Pennsylvania.