Workforce Development Articles

You've had all winter to think about the things you'd like to fix around your house, lawn and garden. Pennsylvania College of Technology is ready to help you save money by learning how to take care of some of these chores by doing it yourself.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, an Autodesk Authorized Training Center and Authorized Certification Center, is participating in this year's Certification Days. Autodesk is providing the opportunity to become certified for $25 (two exams of your choice, associate and/or professional) a cost savings of $175.

For companies looking to sharpen their employees' skills in theoretical project management or basic finance, Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering two series of noncredit courses. Classes will be held at the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the college's main campus in Williamsport.

For those ready to take themselves, or their businesses, to the next level, Pennsylvania College of Technology is providing a wide range of noncredit business and management courses, including 12 new offerings.

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-learn computer courses. Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 courses are taught by qualified instructors at a comfortable pace for all levels of adult learners.

Tracy L. Brundage, assistant vice president for workforce and economic development at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has earned a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University. Brundage was awarded a Ph.D. in workforce education with a major in training and human resource management on Dec. 17.

Nine students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's English as a Second Language program completed service-learning projects Dec. 2. The students were involved with The Academia and Messiah Lutheran Senior Center for five weeks on Friday mornings during the last half of the Fall 2011 semester.

One of the nation's top centers for plastics research, development and education related to injection molding, blow molding, extrusion, rotational molding and thermoforming, will change its name, effective in January. In an effort to expand its industry outreach, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center will become the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.

Adults age 55 and older who want to learn more about using computers for fun, may enroll in a noncredit course being offered on the main campus of Pennsylvania College of Technology. The easy beginners' classes, offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College, introduce the computer for enjoyment purposes. No prior computer knowledge is necessary.

For those ready to take their business to the next level, Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering a new Supervisory/Team Leader Program for key employees, beginning in November.