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Magazine Touts PIRC’s Contribution to Statewide Workforce

11.16.2017 Faculty & Staff, Industrial, Computing & Engineering Technologies, PIRC, Plastics & Polymer, Students, Workforce Development

Penn College’s renowned Plastics Innovation & Resource Center, which incorporates hands-on learning across the industry’s varied production processes, is featured in the online Keystone Edge magazine. The article by news editor Elise Vider – headlined “At Penn College, Plastics Provide a Path to Success” – includes a Q&A with Shannon Munro, vice president for workforce development.

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