Penn College is using a virtual training system to give students another way to build decision-making and communication skills in realistic, high-pressure situations. The system allows learners to engage with scenarios that mirror real-world complexity while maintaining a safe training environment.

“How are you going to handle your customer who’s getting really upset? Or, how are you going to handle that person that’s been in a disaster and they’re really upset, or you’re the emergency manager at a school bus crash, and the parents are going to come up to you and be like, I want my kid. How are you going to talk that back?”

Read how virtual training is being integrated into student learning and why it’s becoming a valuable tool in education.

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Photo: KAREN VIBERT-KENNEDY/Sun-Gazette William Schlosser, faculty of Emergency Management and Homeland Security at Penn College, left, operates the MILO , while State Rep. Clint Owlett, R-Liberty, tries out target shooting in the MILO theater training simulator Monday at Penn College.

Virtual Training System Provides Another Tool for Students at Penn College.” Sun-Gazette, 11 Feb. 2026, www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2026/02/virtual-training-system-provides-another-tool-for-students-at-penn-college