Manufacturers looking for help in reversing the skilled-worker shortage – a strategy to recruit and retain employees in a number of applied technology sectors – found a potential solution at Tuesday's Apprenticeship Summit at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
A new noncredit paramedic certificate program that will allow participants to build a diverse skill set and sit for the National Registry of EMTs’ paramedic exam – all in just one year – has been announced by Workforce Development at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Employees from several facilities within The Ellwood Group Inc., a family-owned company with more than 25 locations throughout the United States that align with Penn College majors, received hands-on instruction in the Center for Business & Workforce Development's mechatronics technology lab this week.
WELLSBORO – Penn College at Wellsboro’s Practical Nursing Program will host three information sessions for those interested in nursing as a career: June 1, June 22 and July 6. All sessions will be held at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Wellsboro campus, 22 Walnut St., at 6:30 p.m. and be connected to the Potter County Education Council through Zoom.
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania Board of Directors heard testimony at Pennsylvania College of Technology on Thursday morning about rural workforce availability and population change.
Industrious students from nine schools graduated Friday morning from Penn College's Advanced Manufacturing Pre-Apprenticeship program during a brief ceremony in the Bush Campus Center.
The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a hearing Wednesday afternoon at Pennsylvania College of Technology, exploring workforce challenges in rural Pennsylvania. Chaired by Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie), the hearing addressed population decline and labor and housing shortages, as well as their economic impact on communities and businesses.
Nathan A. Rader-Edkin, a Penn College graduate who returned to campus as program manager for the Plastics Resource & Innovation Center, is featured among an industry publication's "Rising Stars" of 2023.
A newly installed plaque honors George P. Wolfe Sr., a retired associate professor of computer information technology who died Dec. 19, 2022, at the age of 92.
A dozen people who completed registered apprenticeship programs in computerized numerical control (CNC) and mechatronics – and the supportive employers they represent – celebrated that accomplishment during a recent ceremony at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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