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Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Clean Energy Center has announced a new strategic partnership with Pittsburgh Gateways Corp. to bring nationally recognized clean energy workforce solutions to Pittsburgh. The Clean Energy Center selected Pittsburgh Gateways to co-develop a state-of-the-art workforce training and career exploration center in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Homewood community. Following renovations, the new facility will open in early 2025 and offer hands-on weatherization, building performanc
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant – a live-learning lab for the college’s hospitality majors – is preparing to provide well over 15,000 meals for the teams who will participate in the 2024 Little League Baseball World Series. The crew will begin serving when the first teams arrive – several days before the first game is played on Aug. 14 – and will continue through the end of the series on Aug. 25.
Francesca Troutman, who retired as assistant dean for business and computer technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology, died July 26 at the age of 75. Friends and family are invited to call from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Freeberg Funeral Home, 120 N. Williamson Rd., Blossburg.
Christopher J. Holley, assistant professor of automotive technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was featured in a July 25 report by Spectrum News 1, of Columbus, Ohio. The cable television news outlet covered the 2024 Battery Electric Vehicle Summer Institute at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, attended by Holley and his Penn College colleague, Charles F. Probst, automotive/Honda PACT instructor.
Summer Camps brought the heat and hands-on happenings to 215 high school students, who experienced Pennsylvania College of Technology’s campuses and labs July 14-20. In addition to the home state, the overnight programs attracted students entering grades 9-12 from California, Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Nineteen middle and high school educators from throughout the state received a free education in cybersecurity, courtesy of the recent GenCyber Camp conducted by Pennsylvania College of Technology. Supported by the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation, the goal of the GenCyber program is to build a strong cybersecurity workforce by igniting interest in the field at the secondary level. The teachers learned actionable cybersecurity concepts to share in their classrooms this fall.
More than 150 students have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology following the Summer 2024 sessions. A commencement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, at the Community Arts Center, with 100 students expected to march in the proceedings. The ceremony is for graduates and ticketed guests. A livestream broadcast will be offered on the commencement website.
Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Engineering Technologies top the list of scholarship recipients from a national foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers. Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs, the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, awarded the scholarships – each worth up to $2,000 – to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a certificate or degree program leading to a manufacturing career.
Representatives from Penn College’s brewing & fermentation science major were among those cheering summertime at the Selinsgrove Brewfest, held July 20 near downtown Selinsgrove. "It's great to have the opportunity to present student products to a large number of beer enthusiasts, as well as beer-curious folks,” said instructor Timothy L. Yarrington. “I welcome any opportunity to let people know about our brewing program and the successes of our grads."
“Accelerated Learning,” the 1959 B-61 Model Mack drag truck operated by the Diesel Performance Club of Pennsylvania College of Technology, notched a second-place finish at the East Coast Truck Nationals, held recently at Numidia Dragway in Columbia County. It was an impressive showing for the truck’s first sanctioned, competitive event.