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Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a noncredit Professional Development Certificate course on Wednesdays, Oct. 21 through Nov. 25, for those who wish to improve their on-the-job relationship, problem-solving and time-management skills. Classes will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer an Introduction to Social Networking for Business workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The noncredit workshop will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Center for Business & Workforce Development on the main campus in Williamsport. The cost is $20, which includes a light lunch.

The Plastics Manufacturing Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology ­ partnering with A. Routsis Associates Inc. and Mid-Atlantic Plastics Partners Inc. recently conducted a pilot training program to certify employees in Pennsylvania's plastics industry.

C. Hank White, director of the Plastics Manufacturing Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently accepted the 2009 Society of Plastics Engineers Gold Pinnacle Award on behalf of SPE's Rotational Molding Division. SPE divisions are technical groups organized around a specific process or application in the plastics industry.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Plastics Manufacturing Center held its 11th Annual Extrusion Seminar & Hands-On Workshop on the college's campus in early June.

Six students from Pennsylvania College of Technology's English as a Second Language class recently completed service learning projects at the Messiah Lutheran Senior Center and The Campbell Street Youth, Family and Community Association. The projects ran throughout the Spring 2009 semester and were designed to be mutually beneficial for the students and the participating community agencies.

Tracy L. Brundage, managing director of Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, had a case study published in the book "Cases in Government Succession Planning: Action-Oriented Strategies for Public-Sector Human Capital Management, Workforce Planning, Succession Planning, and Talent Management." In the book, written/edited by William J.

The Workforce and Economic Development Network of Pennsylvania (WEDnetPA), an organization created to strengthen the statewide business environment and provide Guaranteed Free Training to Pennsylvania companies, is marking 10 years of success. WEDnetPA is managed by Pennsylvania College of Technology, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University.

The state Senate Majority Policy Committee held a public hearing Thursday in Penn College's Thompson Professional Development Center on issues surrounding the potential Marcellus Shale gas reserves. Convened shortly after 10 a.m., the hearing included testimony from panels of local government officials, industry representatives and environmental organizations. In welcoming attendees, state Sen.

"Precision Heavy Equipment Operational Efficiency," a course provided through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be offered April 3 and May 22 at the college's Schneebeli Earth Science Center near Allenwood. The four-hour noncredit course will be offered on both days from 1 to 5 p.m. in Room 159 of the Earth Science Center. The cost is $125.