Business partner Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center recently hosted a Health Career Day for students from Meyersdale Area High School, Salisbury-Elk Lick High School, and Shanksville-Stonycreek High School in Somerset County. The event provided an excellent opportunity for local students to become exposed…
XTO Energy Inc. has been a supporter of The Challenge Program, Inc., participating in five high schools for each of the past two years. Their Appalachia Division Headquarters is located in Warrandale, PA. The company has been in business for…
2015 Student of the Year Brittney Lybarger caught a glimpse of her dream career when she traveled to MARC USA’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, for a busy day of shadowing. The Richland High School senior first met Tony Bucci, Chairman…
2015 Student of the Year Brittney Lybarger is banking on a future career in marketing – and she recently took one step closer to achieving that goal. Last week, she spent an afternoon alongside Lori Baumgardner, Vice President & Senior Marketing…
What’s the dress code for a day in the office at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Plant in Shippingport, PA? Hard hats, jeans, closed-toed shoes, gloves, and protective eye and ear wear. Members of The Challenge Program, Inc.’s western PA Business-Education Advisory…
With the new school year just around the corner, our Business-Education Advisory Councils (BEACs) will be meeting to help The Challenge Program, Inc. gear up for the 2015/2016 school year. Our BEACs consist of local educators and business partners from…
Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) hosted 18 local educators from Cambria County Schools at its headquarters in Johnstown, PA last week. The informational session and tour were designed to expose educators to career paths at CTC and to the company's exciting…
This week, several of The Challenge Program, Inc.'s educational partners were treated to a very special tour of Norfolk Southern's 30-acre Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pa. Norfolk Southern is known as one of the leading transportation companies in the…
