Jan Bruegmann

I found out about Penn College through a YouTube video actually. I have a degree already, a bachelor’s in International and European law. After my internship in that field, I realized I was not born for office life. In my free time I already worked on cars, and then I had to decide what I do with my life. So I knew I wanted to do something with cars–with old cars–and then I found a YouTube video that wasn’t really a Penn College video itself, but it was through a car channel, and that got my attention. So, I called the College, and I said, “Hey, can I come by? Can I have a look?” and two weeks later, I was there. Within two months, I was here. So it was a quick move.

The college is great. The teachers care a lot about their students and they try to make you succeed and try to actually see every case for itself, which is nice.

The fact that there’s a lot of good equipment. Especially in my major, that’s very important, because you need a lot of tools. And as a student, you can’t really afford having these tools. So the school has a lot of tools available. It has a lot of equipment available that is really state-of-the-art stuff. We have spray booths. We have everything you could dream of in a professional shop, so that is a big advantage.

Basically, continuing to do what I’m doing now–working on cars.

Lab classes–anything where I actually get to work on things. Theory classes are nice, but I always prefer touching things and working with them.

That is a difficult one. Breakfast food is always good.

I was in a diner–an all-American diner–and I had an omelet with bacon.

Dogs, always.