Rep. Keller's 'District Energy Day' includes stop on campus

Published 06.27.2022

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The congressman (in dark shirt at right rear) presides over a lunchtime roundtable in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.Keller visits the college's internationally renowned Thermoforming Center of Excellence with Shannon M. Munro, vice president for workforce development.On a spectacular early-summer day, the group moves north from its tour of the labs that comprise the Plastics Innovation & Resource Center.Kathy D. Chesmel (right center), assistant dean of materials science and engineering technology, leads a tour of the welding labs in the Lycoming Engines Metal Trades Center.Michael J. Reed (left), who will assume the presidency on Friday, talks with the group in the Larry A. Ward Machining Technologies Center. In the foreground is Penn College's Baja SAE car, recently driven by students to back-to-back endurance titles against formidable challengers in national competition.U.S. Rep. Fred Keller, R-12th, met with local elected officials and representatives of Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry during a District Energy Day that included a roundtable discussion at Penn College. "Right here at Pennsylvania College of Technology, we see the great work they're doing to educate the future workforce," said the congressman, who supplemented Monday's session with tours of plastics, welding and machining labs.