Youngstown Students Awarded Bill Griffin Memorial Scholarship
The Ernie Hall Aviation Museum in Warren, Ohio awarded two fourth-semester students with scholarships on Monday, May 3rd. Troy Lindsay and Ryan Pentz were presented with the Bill Griffin Memorial Scholarship by Bob and Connor Griffin, brother and son of the late Bill Griffin. The recipients are able to...
MHIRJ Visits with PIA Campuses
Over the last several months, James Crites, Senior Recruiter for MHIRJ, visited PIA Hagerstown, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh to meet with prospective students. MHIRJ is a merging of two aviation organizations, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the CRJ Series program from Bombardier. The organization was seeking to hire for two locations, Bridgeport,...
Crown Equipment Corporation visits PIA Youngstown
Interested to learn how students studying aviation get involved in non-aviation fields? PIA Youngstown hosted a visit from Crown Equipment Corporation last week, where Regional Recruiter Matt Jones spoke about employment opportunities available for 3rd and 4th-semester students. The forklift company designs and manufactures lift truck components like motors,...
mikeroweWORKS Foundation Now Accepting Applications
The 2021 Work Ethic Scholarship Program is now accepting applications from post-secondary students focused on the trades. Last year, PIA students Braden Brunson (Pittsburgh) and Shane Miley (Hagerstown) were awarded scholarships from the nationwide program. The Work Ethic Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who have a strong work ethic,...
Technician 2020 – NOW AVAILABLE
PIA's 2020 Technician is now available! Click the link below to read more about the last year at PIA. Articles Include: -Women Changing Aviation Maintenance -Career Training in a COVID World -Instructor Spotlight: Ross Bowman -Ivan D. Livi Educator Award Technician: Fall 2020
PIA Veterans Honored
The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics celebrated 78 students and employees who have served in the U.S. Military on Veterans Day. Each campus gave Veterans a gift as a small token of gratitude for their service. PIA is proud to support our military members, and thank them for their service...
United Airlines Sponsoring Youngstown Team at AMC
Team PIA Youngstown will be traveling to the Aerospace Maintenance Competition for the third year in a row this year, made possible in part by a generous donation by United Airlines. United Airlines has taken a special interest in the Youngstown AMC Team after their first year in the competition. ...
Youngstown December 2019 Graduation
PIA Youngstown is proud to announce the members of the December 2019 graduating class. The ceremony, held December 20th, honored the 30 graduates as they completed their Aviation Maintenance Technology program. Preston Sharp was named Valedictorian of the class, and Dakota Pugh was named Salutatorian. Vadim Dyachkin, Alexis Ellin,...