Pennsylvania College of Technology is ranked in the top 50 associate-degree-producing colleges in the nation and is in the top 20 for several areas of study-- including three top-five rankings-- in a recent survey conducted by a national publication covering community, technical and junior colleges.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors on Thursday approved an operating budget of $87.4 million and a tuition increase of 5.98 percent for in-state students for 2007-08. The governor's proposed budget includes no increase in Penn College's state appropriation, which remains at $12,659,000 (less than 15 percent of the college's operating costs).
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Board of Directors on Thursday approved an operating budget of $87,401,677, anticipating no increase in the college's state appropriation and raising tuition 5.98 percent for in-state students. The governor's proposed budget includes a $12,659,000 appropriation for Penn College, the same amount as 2006-07 and less than 15 percent of its operating costs.
More than 100 alumni of the Pennsylvania College of Technology forerunner Williamsport Technical Institute -- representing a range of years spanning from 1937-65 -- gathered at the college recently for the seventh annual W.T.I. reunion. W.T.I. was founded in 1941 on adult education programs established by the Williamsport Area School District in 1914. W.T.I.
Penn College faculty members Roy P. Fontaine, professor of psychology; Curt E. Vander Vere, assistant professor of mathematics, and Tom A. Zimmerman, associate professor of psychology, completed the National Science Foundation course "Ancient Inca Mathematics and Culture" this month.
The combined efforts of Information Technology Services, College Informationand Community Relations, and the Registrar's Office have resulted in a new look for the Student information System. The new look provides a consistent layout with the rest of the college Web site and puts commonly used links in one place. In addition to the new layout, a new option has been added to SIS.
Forty high school students a capacity crowd attended Health Careers Camp on Penn College's campus June 13-15, during which they attended hands-on workshops in many of the School of Health Science's laboratories. On the last day of the event, they toured Susquehanna Health.
PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office.
A firm that specializes in after-market performance upgrades for automobiles has established a scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The Slowboy Racing Scholarship will provide an annual award of $1,000 to a full-time student, enrolled in any major, who is a member of the Penn College Motorsports Association.
The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Where Science Meets Art," an exhibit by members of the London-based Society for Art of Imagination. The exhibit will open on June 22 at 11 a.m. At 7:30 p.m.
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