Hear Mackenzie Miller talk about her experience as the Supervisor and Director of Cosmetology at Toni & Guy Washington, PA. Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy strives to ensure students come away with a well-rounded skill set, an understanding of the hairdresser’s role, confidence in providing customer service, and extremely marketable real-world salon experience. Visit us...Read More
Hear from graduates, Courtney Hilderbrand and Jamie Divelbliss about their experiences in the Penn Commercial Medical Assistant program. Working as a medical assistant is an important role to the health care team, and is an experience like no other. In today’s health care workforce, medical assistants are becoming increasingly relied upon by both doctors and...Read More
Since Penn Commercial launched a six-week CDL trucking program in 2017, it has attracted a diverse group of students — including women. With a strong support network, hands-on learning from experienced instructors and job-placement assistance, Penn Commercial provides a strong foundation for a long-lasting career. Listen as two recent Penn CDL grads — Rhonda...Read More
Hear Lead Instructor of Penn Commercial’s CDL program, Ben Crawford, talk about the benefits of trucking. Penn Commercial Business/Technical School has nearly 90 years of experience preparing students in Washington County for meaningful skilled trade careers. Our six-week Commercial Driver License (CDL) Training Program provides you with both classroom and practical driving experience to prepare...Read More
Everything you need to know about earning your Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). Can’t imagine yourself sitting at a desk in some stuffy cubicle five days a week? Enjoy being out on the road? Would you enjoy it more if you actually get paid to do it? If your answer to these questions was “yes,” then...Read More
Hear 2018 graduate, Tracy Tush talk about her experience in the Penn Commercial Esthetics program. This 12-week diploma program provides students with training in skin care treatments, skin analysis, various types of facials, make-up applications and temporary hair removal. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Pennsylvania State Board of Cosmetology Esthetics licensing examination. Visit...Read More
It wasn’t in Christine Pickering’s plans to become a teacher. A licensed cosmetologist for 21 years who owned and operated a salon for more than 14 years, she also studied nursing and went back to school five years ago to get her esthetics license. Pickering’s esthetics instructor and college professor recognized her potential for teaching...Read More
Ben Crawford is in the driver’s seat at Penn Commercial. He’s lead instructor for the school’s recently launched CDL Training program, a six-week course that readies students to hit the road with a Class A commercial vehicle driver’s license. “I’ve been driving tractor-trailers since 1992,” Crawford says. He started at Sears, driving their vehicles from...Read More
