Gov. Wolf Visits Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech.

    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf paid a visit to Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech (TSCT). and spent time in the Machine Tool Program.  Gov. Wolfe was greeted by the students and the industry representatives on the programs Occupational Advisory Committee.

Machine Tool students, Alexis Nolt
and Branden Wagner pose with Gov. Wolf.

    Gov. Wolf spoke to various students and listened to employers explain the importance of the training provided at  TSCT and the difficulty of hiring employees with relevant skills.  The message was made clear to Gov. Wolf but one employer said it best, "If you come to this college and major in Machine Tool, you are guaranteed a job."  

  "The future of Pennsylvania is in places like this," Wolf said in a classroom of students.  "That's what I talked about in my budget." His budget proposes spending an additional $15 million on community colleges and two-year technical schools like Thaddeus Stevens.

    It was a good day for the college and we would like to think that Thaddeus Stevens College of Tech. may start to get the attention       it deserves.

   

New Inventory Management System Introduced

Students being trained to use new system

Through the generosity of the MSC Corporation, Stevens students in the Machine Tool & C.A.M. program are now gaining experience using an Inventory Management System.  This vending system, which is now situated in the middle of the Machine Tool Lab, will benefit students by introducing them to a tool management system that is increasingly found in industry.  The college will also benefit from this system by greatly reducing and managing costly inventory and by streamlining the process of replacing broken and worn tooling.

The system, which consists of one high security drawer cabinet and three lower security Lista cabinets, will control the usage and inventory for all the programs cutting tools, precision measuring tools, and hard gauges.  Students access the inventory by first swiping their student ID cards and then by navigating through the selections by the using the systems built-in touch screen.  The system also allows students to return items after use and will maintain a constant inventory of stocked supplies. 

The benefits of student exposure to this system is obvious but with Thaddeus Stevens College gearing up to double enrollment by 2017, the inclusion of this system will also make the growth much more manageable for the instructors.  Coordinating resources for 100 students is a daunting task, especially when you consider that 50 new students are introduced every year.


For more information about MSC's Inventory Management System visit:
www.MSCDirect.com/solutions/vending