FirstEnergy s Educate to Elevate Program Expands to Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Program partnerships with local colleges will provide employee access to on-site higher learning
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AKRON, Ohio, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) has partnered with Alvernia University in Reading, Pa., and Pierpont Community and Technical College in Fairmont, W.V., to expand an innovative program that allows employees to pursue college degrees after work hours at company facilities.
The Educate to Elevate program, launched last year for the company s customer service employees in Ohio, helps FirstEnergy develop a highly skilled workforce and allows employees to take charge of their own career and personal development by earning degrees that could lead to advancement opportunities.
Aspiring Berks County young artists exhibit their work at the 2021 Annual Senior High School Juried Art Exhibit at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, 3000 Penn Ave., West Lawn, until Feb. 15.
âWe appreciate the efforts of these talented young artists and their teachers to submit artwork during such a challenging time,â said exhibit judge Amanda Lee Condict, an illustrator and designer. âThis yearâs exhibit was impacted by the pandemic as shown by the fewer number of entries but the quality of those entries was impressive.â
Each year, the Institute invites full-time senior high school student artists from Berks County to submit their work for a juried exhibit to provide students with an opportunity to present their original works of art to the public in a professional gallery setting as well as compete for cash prizes and tuition to Institute classes. The original work features oil, watercolor, mixed media, acrylic paint, sculpture, and 3D art.
Hopewell-based chorus offers online singing classes
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Voices Chorale NJ wii host a 10-week online singing course from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Mondays starting on Jan. 25.
Led by VCNJ artistic director David A. McConnell with guest instructors, the sessions will include lessons on vocal development, sight singing and the study of choral literature and composers across the eras.
Tuition is $115. For more information visit voiceschoralenj.org or email info@voiceschoralenj.org.
Formed in 1987, the nonprofit, auditioned chorale under normal circumstances would hold its rehearsals and singing education programs at Music Together Worldwide in Hopewell. Its most recent concert was in December 2019 before the onset of the coronavirus suspended all activity.
The old Pittston Apparel Company building is likely to host a satellite campus, among other things. Author: Chelsea Strub Updated: 4:32 PM EST January 11, 2021
PITTSTON, Pa. The Pittston Apparel Company logo on a building on Kennedy Boulevard represents a piece of its history and how the city was home to more than 80 dress factories. This building, which is 110,000 square feet, largest building footprint in the city was one of those operations, said Mayor Michael Lombardo. As a matter of fact, my paternal grandmother and two of her sisters work here in the building.
While the pandemic has forced many projects to hit the pause button, that s not the case in Pittston, where work is underway to revamp the building. It is potentially home to a new satellite campus of Alvernia University in Reading.