Fall 2018 has been an exciting term for Northern Pennsylvania Regional College (NPRC). Classes began on August 22 at 14 site locations over nine counties. This term also marked the start of two new Associate of Arts Degrees – Criminal Justice and Early Childhood Education/Early Intervention. Shortly after the term began, NPRC celebrated yet another Read More…
Chamber Member Expansions
In addition to celebrating our new members, we have some longstanding ones whose success is demanding them to expand their businesses. Bert Klapec, Inc. (BKI), located on North Seneca Street in Oil City, is building an 80×80 foot steel repair garage for trucks and machines (pictured top right). The original garage was only 65-feet long Read More…
FLEX Looks Forward to Another Year of Helping Young Professionals Thrive
Written by: Hannah Kennedy The FLEX Annual Meeting was held at Karma Coffee Company on Friday, October 26. The night provided FLEX members and guests, with a total of about 40 attendees for the event, opportunities to network and stay up to date on the various FLEX events throughout the past year. An array of Read More…
Meet the Leadership Venango Class of 2019
Randy Arnold is a senior mechanical engineer at Pioneer Energy Products (PEPRO) in Oil City. He has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Grove City College and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Pennsylvania. Randy’s focus is on designing product that is built with pride in Oil City and surrounding Read More…
FLEX Member Highlight: Alan McBride Gets Job Promotion
Congratulations to the current FLEX Membership Committee Chair and past FLEX Vice President & Secretary Alan McBride for a recent job promotion! Alan is now the Global Manager of Inclusion & Diversity at Komatsu Mining Corp. In this new position, Alan will focus on customer engagement, design for diversity, formal mentoring programs, recruiting and hiring Read More…