Future Made By Hand

Transcript

Meet Wes, he’s a senior in the engineering design technology program. He’s gonna tell us how he latched onto the maker culture here at Penn College and why immersive learning was a perfect fit for him.

– Thanks Alex, hi everyone. I’ve loved working with my hands and building race cars ever since I was a little kid. And when I heard about Penn College, I knew I had to come check it out. One of my favorite things about Penn College is a teaching style. On the very first day of classes, we began applying what we learn in the classroom to the lab. On average, we have three lab hours to one lecture hour. Penn College has some very generous corporate partners and donors that supply our students with amazing equipment to learn on. We also get to connect to our professors on a personal level. They have real word experience to help start from our paths to our dream career. We have an electrifying culture here, that is centered on making cool projects that I’m honored to be a part of. Dr. Welch’s workshop is a place I like to go, to work on both class and personal projects. I’ve used the machines in the makerspace to build my battlebots for our sword club. We build metal and plastic bots that we compete on campus with. This experience has really helped me bring my degree full circle by designing, building, and competing with my bot. Being a part of this community, allowed me to grow more ways than one. I’ve made many friends here, that share the same passion of working with their hands from cleaning teeth to fixing cars. Penn College is very hands-on school and that’s why I fell in love with it here. Well, that’s my story back to you Alex.

– Thank you Wes. I love how you surround yourself with others who get you and how you all enjoy putting your stamp on your personal creations like the battlebots. I’m sure putting those skills to work on a real life project brings your lab work full circle. May the best bot win, thanks again.