Students in College Marcellus Program Unfazed by Sour Job Market

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We've previously told you about the top notch program at Lackawanna College in northeastern Pennsylvania--their School of Petroleum and Natural Gas (see Lackawanna College Converts Branch Campus to Natural Gas Program). The program is unique, one of just handful nationwide that runs a two-year program that trains students to be technicians, able to operate sophisticated machinery and running compressor stations, for example. Cabot Oil & Gas has been a big promoter of the school (see Cabot Oil & Gas Does it Again – $2.5 Million Gift to Lackawanna College). We personally know a graduate of the program who now runs several compressor stations for Williams--one in Susquehanna County, PA and one in Broome County, NY. The school produces top notch graduates. But what about the recent downturn in the industry--with thousands of layoffs? Has that dampened the spirits of students attending and graduating from the program? Not on your life...

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