Reading Area Community College

The Weitz Healthcare Pavilion will allow RACC to expand its existing healthcare programs and add new ones

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Friday, March 22, 2024
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In July of 2023, we began a massive renovation of Weitz Hall, transforming the facility into the new Weitz Healthcare Pavilion — named after former RACC President Dr. Anna Weitz.

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  • In July of 2023, we began a massive renovation of Weitz Hall, transforming the facility into the new Weitz Healthcare Pavilion — named after former RACC President Dr. Anna Weitz.
  • The new space will provide an exciting new home for existing programs and allow us to expand them.
  • In all, the expansion will increase the number of students RACC can teach in our healthcare programs by approximately 50%.
  • We believe the Weitz Healthcare Pavilion will be regarded as a transformational instructional facility that will directly address the healthcare worker shortage by doubling the enrollment of qualified students in our widely regarded healthcare programs.

FirstEnergy's Pennsylvania Utilities Welcome New Line and Substation Graduates from Training Program

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
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GREENSBURG, Pa., July 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp's (NYSE: FE) Pennsylvania subsidiaries – Met-Ed, Penelec, Penn Power and West Penn Power – have hired a combined 72 graduates of Power Systems Institute (PSI), a two-year educational program that helps prepare the next generation of line and substation workers for FirstEnergy's 10 electric companies. This will be one of the last graduating classes of PSI as the company transitions to a new, paid apprentice program to best meet the needs of future line and substation personnel.

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  • This will be one of the last graduating classes of PSI as the company transitions to a new, paid apprentice program to best meet the needs of future line and substation personnel.
  • Since the program's inception, FirstEnergy has hired more than 2,800 line and substation personnel who completed PSI programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia.
  • Penn Power serves more than 160,000 customers in all or parts of Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Crawford, Lawrence and Mercer counties in western Pennsylvania.
  • West Penn Power serves approximately 725,000 customers in 24 counties within central and southwestern Pennsylvania.