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A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was among only seven selected worldwide to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Working Group. Alicia Martinez, of Allentown, a senior in the college's four-year aviation maintenance technology major, was awarded a first-place scholarship that provides a tuition waiver for a helicopter manufacturer training school and a stipend to offset expenses.
Motor Truck Thermo King, a Corporate Tomorrow Maker at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has donated a new Precedent S-750i trailer refrigeration unit that greatly enhances career-building students’ exposure to the latest equipment. “The S-750i refrigeration unit has been available less than one year, and our students will now be able to be better prepared to enter the industry with confidence,” said Brad R. Conklin, instructor of diesel equipment technology.
Virtually check out the welding labs inside Penn College's expansive Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center – home to such equipment as an electron beam welder, CNC plasma cutters, robotic equipment, non-destructive testing areas and so much more.
The deadliest wildfire in the U.S. since 1918 torched Hawaii’s Maui island last month and touched the lives of two Pennsylvania College of Technology alumni. Both continue to cope with the tragedy that destroyed their hometown of Lahaina, killed numerous neighbors and harshly transformed their ideal definition of paradise.
Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s surgical technology major are joining hospitals and colleges throughout the country in observing National Surgical Technologists Week, Sept. 17-23. National Surgical Technologists Week has been celebrated since 1984 by the Association of Surgical Technologists to honor those who work in the field.
A new episode of the Tomorrow Makers podcast assesses our world through the clear-eyed vision of Rob Cooley, associate professor of anthropology and environmental science. Co-hosts Sumer Beatty and Carlos Ramos dive into Cooley's journey to Penn College, his quest to save the world, the takeaways from a Global Experiences trip to the Dominican Republic and his advice for reducing one's carbon footprint.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a $140,792 federal grant to offer free cybersecurity education to secondary school teachers. Awarded through the GenCyber program, the grant will facilitate a weeklong camp next June 24-28 on main campus for 25 Pennsylvania teachers of grades five through 12. The program’s goal is to build a strong cybersecurity workforce by sparking interest in the field at the secondary level.
Penn College comprised the largest showing at Sunday's Out of the Darkness Community Walk, helping to save lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide. Two teams – PCT Hope, organized by Mary R. Shuma Rudberg, director of counseling, and Katie L. Mackey, assistant director of disability and access resources; and the Wildcat men's basketball team – paid no heed to rain and joined other local residents in Montoursville's Indian Park.
A corporate takeover of the friendliest kind was waged Friday at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, where Caterpillar dealers – whose benevolent interest in Penn College's Tomorrow Makers is as noticeable as the company's yellow and black color scheme – brought equipment, recruitment and nourishment to the diesel, heavy equipment and power generation programs.
Week in, week out, throughout each semester, the Office of Student Engagement aims to please its campus audience with delightful diversion from lab time and homework. Look no further to this past weekend, which ran the gamut from miniature golf to the biggest turkey leg you've ever gnawed upon.