Because of you, tomorrow is in the making!

Published 09.19.2022

Fall 2022, Volume 31, Number 2

Magazine

For more than 100 years, Pennsylvania College of Technology has been empowering students to earn an applied technology education – one that leads to success in the global marketplace.

Thanks to alumni, corporate partners, employees, parents and friends, a new generation of Tomorrow Makers with real-world experience will fill industry demand for a highly skilled workforce. True to the college’s hands-on approach to education, the Legacy Campaign for Penn College was a collective commitment to the future. Upon announcing her 2022 retirement, President Davie Jane Gilmour launched campaign efforts, inviting all hands in to empower students to create the world we want to live in.

Scholarships

$17,432,845 raised for scholarships

Golf Classic sets record

The Penn College Foundation Golf Classic raises a record $140,360 for student scholarships.

Students expand horizons

A new Global Experience Fund supports student discovery.

Scholarship awards grow

More than 350 scholarship funds provide $1.35 million in scholarship awards, allowing for more skilled technicians, engineers, bakers, dental hygienists and business leaders – to name a few.

“Receiving a scholarship has only made me more committed to finishing my degree, using my skills in the software industry and making all the people who took the time out to invest in my future proud.”

Malcom Lampkin '21

Software Development & Information Management

Malcolm's Lessons

“The most memorable experience in Spain was standing in front of Catedral de Granada. It quite literally took my breath away. Architecture has this unique ability to impact people’s emotions.”

Diana M. Gaglione ’22

architecture & sustainable design

Meet Diana

Facilities

$14,887,880 raised for equipment and facilities

Hydraulics lab named

The newly named Foley Hydraulics Lab honors a five-year commitment that will help purchase supplies and equipment for heavy construction equipment technology and electric power generation technology majors.

Welding facilities expand

A Welding Expansion Project makes the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center one of the largest welding facilities in U.S. higher education.

Machining facilities receive upgrades

The Machining Technologies Center is remodeled, re-equipped and renamed for Larry A. Ward ’66.

New brewing system added

An Ss Brewtech brewing system provides new learning opportunities for brewing & fermentation science students.

“I’m extremely grateful. These new machines really do make a difference to our program.”

Christopher M. Schweikert ’21

manufacturing engineering technology

Christopher's hands-on journey

Academics

$4,867,137 raised for academics and affinity

Baja team reigns supreme

The Baja SAE team wins two off-road endurance races against other top engineering schools.

Athletes make history

Athletics teams (golf and softball) win conference championships and compete at the NCAA tournament level for the first time in college history, while student-athletes earn a 3.21 average cumulative GPA – the college’s highest ever.

Charitable trust supports makers

The Dr. Welch Charitable Trust provides perpetual resources for the Dr. Welch Workshop: A Makerspace at Penn College.

“Helping lead the Baja team has by far been the most influential experience in the foundation of my career path. In this position, I am not only met with a great deal of my own adversity, but I regularly help lead others through theirs.”

Dakota C. Harrison ’22

manufacturing engineering technology

Meet Dakota

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