Events Articles

While most college campuses are known to slow down during the summer, Penn College’s labs were bustling last week as 11 summer camps brought high school students to the college for a hands-on exploration of careers and college life. More than 200 high schoolers from 10 states – and Vietnam – attended.

Penn College welcomed 461 prospective undergraduate and graduate students for its Summer Open House on Saturday. The day offered visitors and guests an opportunity to visit the college’s highly equipped labs and chat with faculty and students about their potential futures as Penn College tomorrow makers.

The Penn College Foundation’s 39th Annual Golf Classic, held June 23 at the Williamsport Country Club, raised $106,900 for student scholarships. The Penn College Foundation Golf Classic Scholarship Fund exceeds $2.3 million.

Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing students promoted community health through a series of Donate Life events, designed to educate the community about organ donation and encourage individuals to register as donors. They joined student groups from 11 other colleges in the Gift of Life College Challenge, and it was announced in June that Penn College’s students finished in second place for their efforts and registered 265 people to become organ donors – the most of any college in the challenge.

Thursday brings the first of nine New Student Orientation sessions this summer. Leading the effort to welcome incoming Wildcats, who are starting their Penn College journeys in Fall 2025, are eight orientation leaders.

On the threshold of their graduation from Pennsylvania College of Technology, 18 architecture & sustainable design seniors showcased their four years of intensive study in “Architecture & Sustainable Design: Senior Capstone Projects.” Well-wishers and interested onlookers packed The Gallery at Penn College on May 16 for the exhibit’s reception and heard from the designers and their faculty mentors.

Downtown Williamsport and the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus were teeming with joyful graduates and guests, as the college held its three Spring 2025 commencement ceremonies May 16-17 at the Community Arts Center. Nearly 750 students marched in the ceremonies, with approximately 885 having petitioned to graduate. The livestreamed links to the three ceremonies are still available on the Spring 2025 Commencement webpage.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its Spring 2025 graduates. Commencement ceremonies were held May 16-17 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

The inaugural Williamsport Main Street Torch Run is set for 5:30 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, and the Penn College community is invited to celebrate local Special Olympics athletes, who are preparing for the 2025 Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games, taking place June 5-7 in State College. Beginning at Lycoming College and ending at Penn College, the run will be followed by a pep rally on the patio and parking lot of the Davie Jane Gilmour Center.

WNEP-TV joined about 150 middle school students who visited Penn College for STEMFest, a celebration of engineering and technical fields. Reporter Mackenzie Aucker attended some of the hands-on workshops.