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A thousand students in grades 7-12 across Pennsylvania will learn more about of a variety of vocations when they gather at Pennsylvania College of Technology for "Career Day" on Friday, March 16. During the event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., students will have the opportunity to explore diverse career choices ranging from pastry chef to semiconductor technician.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Business Administration major will have a new concentration this fall − one that blends management and computer-science instruction to prepare students for success in a rewarding career field.
Seventeen students from Pennsylvania College of Technology took first place in their contest categories in the district-level SkillsUSA-VICA competition, held recently at a number of sites, including Penn College. The first-place finishers now advance to the competition at the Pennsylvania SkillsUSA-VICA Conference, to be held April 9-11 at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Champion.
Dr. Kenneth E. Carl, who led Pennsylvania College of Technology's predecessor institutions − the Williamsport Area Community College and the Williamsport Technical Institute − for more than two decades beginning in 1952, has established two endowed scholarships for students at Penn College. Dr. Carl, who served as director of W.T.I. and was the first president of W.A.C.C., established the Mrs.
With "rolling blackouts," "brownouts" and similar terms finding their way into news reports more often these days, the field of standby electric power generation has become one of the fastest-growing career areas, and Pennsylvania College of Technology is responding with a program to produce the skilled technicians the industry seeks.
A portion of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the poignant, traveling tribute to the many lives lost to the disease, will be displayed March 2-3 at the Field House at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Twenty-two 12-foot-by-12-foot "building blocks" of the quilt − enough to fill the floor of the Field House − will be exhibited from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 2, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
It may not be an Oscar, Emmy or Grammy, but it's just as coveted. Just like Hollywood, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Office of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is sharing the spotlight with other nationally recognized media producers. Penn College's team of multimedia producers has been presented an Award of Distinction in the 2000 Communicator Awards competition.
Shawn M. Strohman and Jami O. DiMichele were chosen as the 2001 Homecoming King and Queen recently at Pennsylvania College of Technology, raising $1,120 for charity in the process. Students "voted" for Homecoming King and Queen by placing money in the jars of their favorite candidates among 21 nominees. Strohman and DiMichele raised the most funds and were named Homecoming King and Queen.
The family of the late George and Andonetta Girio has established an endowed scholarship to benefit students enrolled in Landscape/Nursery Technology programs or any major in the School of Hospitality at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
What started as a menu option for the Williamsport cable audience now has the potential to satisfy the appetites of public television viewers nationwide. "You're the Chef," Pennsylvania College of Technology's Telly Award-winning cooking series, has been selected by a major distributor of "how-to" programs for satellite delivery to public television stations this winter.