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Summer Program at Penn College Promotes Student Preparedness

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:57:28 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology is again offering a summer program – RAMP Up for College – to ease the transition for students looking to start off on the right foot at Penn College or any institution of higher learning. Highly motivated students may stay focused academically throughout high school, but they can become easily distracted [...]

NCAA Division III to Grant Exploratory Membership to Penn College

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:43:32 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Athletics program has been approved for exploratory membership in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, college officials announced Tuesday. Penn College’s one-year NCAA Division III exploratory status officially begins Sept. 1. It will last throughout the 2013-14 academic year. Officials from the college will participate in orientation activities at [...]

Future Collegians Show Technical Talents at BLaST Computer Fair

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:32:51 +0000

About 250 students from elementary, middle and high schools in the BLaST Intermediate Unit #17 area filled the Penn College Field House on Tuesday for the 11th annual Regional Computer Fair – an event that, not so long ago, could be contained within Penn’s Inn. Just as the fair has outgrown space in the Bush [...]

Places to Go, People to See: Open House Traffic as Brisk as Early Spring

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 02:29:57 +0000

Helpful and friendly Penn College students, employees and graduates – the largest group of alumni volunteers for an Open House to date – welcomed thousands Saturday, encouraging prospective enrollees and their families to make the most of their visit. Guests were afforded across-the-board opportunities to learn about one of the nation’s leaders in applied technology [...]

March 23 Open House to Highlight Penn College’s Hands-On Majors

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:43:49 +0000

An Open House on Saturday, March 23, offers prospective students and families an opportunity to explore Pennsylvania College of Technology’s diverse “degrees that work” while touring the modern campus and participating in an array of activities. Open House will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the main campus in Williamsport; free transportation [...]

‘Spend the Night’ Program Gives Prospective Students Wider View of Campus Life

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:45:35 +0000

Twelve accepted students from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York attended the first “Spend the Night at Penn College” program Feb. 22-23, getting a more complete picture of student life than is afforded by a more concentrated visit. “It was a great experience for the prospective students,” said Joseph J. Balduino, the college’s director of [...]

Penn College Approves New Academic Majors for Fall 2013

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:20:17 +0000

Four new programs in dynamic career fields – mechatronics, emergency management, applied technology and magnetic resonance imaging – will soon complement the list of more than 100 academic majors offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology. This fall, Penn College, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University, will offer a mechatronics engineering technology associate-degree [...]

Penn College Adds to Flavor of Farm Show

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:25:11 +0000

Penn College’s contributions to the 97th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, satisfying academic curiosity and culinary cravings, are featured in the latest addition to the college’s YouTube channel. The three-minute video spotlights School of Hospitality majors as they prepare étouffée, as well as the School of Natural Resources Management’s mini-version of its hydroculture greenhouse. (Photo gallery)

Farm Show Abuzz With Fruitful ‘degrees that work’

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:31:02 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty/staff and students are continuing their hands-on tradition at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg (Jan. 5-12), offering a daily menu of activities to showcase the varied “degrees that work” available among the college’s eight academic schools. (YouTube video) – Photos by Whitnie-rae Mays, student photographer; Steven K. McCoy, coordinator of [...]

‘Open House’ Crowds Brave Storm for Informative Visit to Penn College

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:26:15 +0000

Unfazed by the forecast and undeterred as they explored the fall bounty of Penn College, Open House guests hit the ground early to get all their questions answered before then-Hurricane Sandy could put a damper on their mission. Information sessions, laboratory presentations and campus thoroughfares were full of visitors, all of them eager to learn [...]