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Pennsylvania College of Technology has expanded admission criteria for the LPN to RN associate degree program. In response to the growing demand for registered nurses, the newly named RN Bridge Program will expand beyond licensed practical nurses, allowing paramedics and surgical technologists to earn an associate degree in nursing in as few as three semesters.

Pennsylvania College of Technology building construction technology instructor Franklin H. Reber Jr. was presented the American Concrete Institute’s Clyde E. Kesler Education Award during the institute’s fall convention, held Oct. 11-14 in Atlanta.

Student Engagement and First-Year Transitions arranged a fun way for students to release their mid-semester tensions, courtesy of a car and a few hammers.

The anticipation of Halloween brought out frights and delights across campus. From attending the Penn College Music Makers’ “Doom Fest” music festival to painting pumpkins, and from enjoying Penn College Theatrics’ “Addams Family” dinner theater to braving the “Arc Asylum” haunted welding lab, students found a dozen ways to celebrate the sweet and spooky season.

Penn College athletics teams entered postseason competition during the week of Oct. 26-Nov. 1, highlighted by a United East Conference quarterfinal victory for the women's soccer team and the conference cross-country championships. The 22nd-ranked wrestling team opened up its 2026-27 season slate with 12 grapplers in action at the Lycoming Invitational.

A donation from Ainsworth Inc. is benefitting students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s heating, ventilation & air conditioning majors. The company recently donated a lightly used Daikin 60-ton chiller – valued at $55,000 – to provide students with hands-on experience with the commercial chilled-water systems and equipment that are commonly found in large institutional and commercial facilities.

Penn College News continues its regular feature, welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the People & Culture Office.

Throughout the summer and fall, Pennsylvania College of Technology students under the direction of Seth J. Welshans, instructor of diesel equipment technology, have been moving tons of dirt at the college’s Heavy Construction Equipment Operations Training Site to prepare for Baja SAE Williamsport.

The Penn College men's and women's cross-country teams are prepped and ready to compete in the United East Championships on Saturday, Oct. 31. It will mark the third time the Wildcats have run the course at Union Canal Tunnel Park in Lebanon.

Penn College women's soccer opens postseason play Saturday, Oct. 31, when the second-seeded Wildcats host seventh-seeded Cairn University in a United East Conference quarterfinal at UPMC Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.