Community Articles

Students in Concrete Construction classes have spent the semester practicing their craft through real-world challenges – meanwhile helping the college and the community.

Pennsylvania College of Technology is celebrating National Small Business Month throughout May with several events and activities designed for small business owners and individuals interested in turning their ideas into reality.

“Graphic Design 2026” opens Thursday, April 30, at The Gallery at Penn College and runs through May 8. The exhibition showcases the work of graduating seniors in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s graphic design major. An opening reception is set for 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 1. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.

State Rep. Clint Owlett shared a video on his Facebook page to highlight a recent emergency simulation provided to first-year state representatives by Penn College’s emergency management & homeland security faculty and students.

A group of state representatives recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology to learn more about the emergency management & homeland security program and further explore the Multiple Interactive Learning Objectives system.

On Tuesday, Penn College’s Mackenzi Tice became the first pitcher to take the mound at the Williamsport Lumber Yards, a new baseball and softball facility built just south of campus by the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.

WNEP-TV reporter Mackenzie Aucker spent Monday morning in the Penn College welding lab with students who are refurbishing a rescue boat and trailer for the all-volunteer Montgomery Emergency Management Agency.

State and local officials gathered at a Habitat for Humanity home that is under construction just north of campus on Friday to tour the nearly complete project, built largely by students in Penn College’s construction and architectural technologies division, and to highlight the state’s Housing Action Plan to alleviate a shortage of homes in Pennsylvania.

Nearly 150 people attended the closing reception of “Made by Hand: An Exhibition of Tomorrow Makers.”

Over 20 electrical construction students from Pennsylvania College of Technology are responsible for brightening the gymnasium and lobby of the Williamsport YMCA.