Community Articles

As another testament to Penn College students' willingness to be of hands-on service to the community, nine members of the Human Services and Restorative Justice Club volunteered to help with Tuesday night's appearance of Kevin Hines at the Community Arts Center.

State Rep. Jamie L. Flick (R-83rd) hosted a legislative hearing, followed by a human services speaker series and expo, across three Penn College locations on Thursday.

Penn College is among the sponsors of a downtown Sept. 13 forum to be moderated by Craig A. Miller, professor of history/political science, and attended by candidates for Lycoming County commissioner and Common Pleas Court judge.

As the Community Arts Center marks a yearlong observance of its 30th anniversary, the historic entertainment venue hosted a PM Exchange on Aug. 31 for members of the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce.

Seven Admissions Office colleagues traveled this past week to Sojourner Truth Ministries Inc., a nonprofit organization tackling homelessness and hunger prevention in Lycoming County. The outreach was inspired by an April visit to the college's electrical labs, where staff learned that students had completed electrical work in a newly acquired house and in the agency's main building.

Paramedic students, and their work helping to provide emergency care to spectators at the nearby Little League Baseball World Series, were featured during WNEP’s evening newscasts on Monday.

A follow-up report on Penn College's assistance in making this summer's Little League Baseball World Series run smoothly was broadcast on WNEP newscasts beginning at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Two Williamsport-area nonprofits will again support one another during the Little League Baseball World Series, as budding culinary artists and paramedics from Pennsylvania College of Technology gain experience, and Little League players and fans benefit from their skill. The nationally televised series, scheduled Aug. 16-27, draws tens of thousands of spectators each day to the Little League World Series complex in South Williamsport, just a few miles from the Penn College campus.

Threatening skies delivered on their radar-green promise of a soggy Monday, but it wasn't enough to scuttle Penn College's proud prelude to the Little League Baseball World Series.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has received an $18,750 grant to support its Lycoming County Prison-to-College Program. The initiative aims to break down initial barriers to education and help individuals on a path to bettering themselves and their communities.