WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — In what has become a tradition, Pennsylvania College of Technology students lead 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 $2,500 — to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in a certificate or degree program leading to a manufacturing career. FMA is the leading educational association for the metal processing, forming and fabricating industry.
Penn College students earned six of the 31 NBT scholarships for the spring 2024 semester, more than any other school. Since 2021, Penn College students have claimed 52 of the 212 scholarships offered by NBT.
“We are honored to once again have Penn College students receive the most scholarships from NBT,” said Bradley M. Webb, dean of engineering technologies. “We are quite proud of our tremendous students and the exceptional hands-on, technical education that they receive. Our tomorrow makers are in demand by industry and will play a vital role in closing the skills gap.”
The manufacturing skills gap could result in 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030, according to a study by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute.
Penn College NBT scholarship recipients include welding & fabrication engineering technology students Dylan M. Berguson, Jersey Shore; Tyler D. Dubien, York; and Cierra D. Miller, Dover.
Other recipients and their majors are Daniel J. Athey, West Chester, welding technology; Alec D. Rees, Centerport, New York, manufacturing engineering technology; and Jack J. Stump, York, machine tool technology.
For information on manufacturing-related degrees and other majors offered by Penn College’s School of Engineering Technologies, visit www.pct.edu/et or call 570-327-4520.
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