Watch the journey of a new sculpture installed recently at the Little League International Complex in South Williamsport. The sculpture was devised by Little League staff, who envisioned a huge globe that could serve as a photo prop for the tens of thousands of visitors who will make their way to the complex during the upcoming Little League Baseball World Series. To make it happen, they turned to the experts at Penn College.
More than 140 students have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology following the Summer 2025 sessions. A commencement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center, with 89 students expected to march in the proceedings.
A team of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently completed the U.S. Department of Energy’s BuildingsNEXT challenge – and simultaneously provided the City of Williamsport a picture of what a net-zero energy youth facility in the city could look like. The BuildingsNEXT Student Design Competition – formerly the Solar Decathlon – encourages college students to design high-performance buildings that improve quality of life through great affordability, resiliency and energy efficiency.
Pennsylvania College of Technology welding students are the spark behind an eye-catching addition to the Little League Baseball World Series complex in South Williamsport: a roughly 7-foot-tall stainless steel globe structure featuring metal cutouts shaped to represent the continents. “This is probably one of the most unique projects we’ve done," said Michael R. Allen, instructor and co-department head of welding.
Fifty-two first- and second-year students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s radiography program participated in the school’s first-ever Radiography Olympics, held July 22 at various locations around campus. The students competed in events designed to provide much-needed relief from summer clinicals, while reinforcing program components.
The Office of Student Engagement held the last of nine successful New Student Orientations on Monday, welcoming incoming Wildcats to campus prior to the start of the Fall 2025 semester.
Pennsylvania College of Technology competitors earned gold medals in three competitions at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships, held June 25-26 in Atlanta. More than 6,800 students – all champions at the state level – competed in 114 categories. The college brought home gold in TeamWorks, Technical Drafting and Welding Fabrication.
Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Engineering Technologies top the nation in scholarships received from a foundation dedicated to strengthening the talent pipeline for manufacturing industries. Penn College students earned 13 of the 52 scholarships awarded for the Fall 2025 semester by SparkForce, the charitable foundation of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association.
Eleven students recently graduated from Penn College at Wellsboro’s practical nursing program. Graduates are high demand in health care facilities throughout the region.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Board of Directors today approved a total budget of $188.4 million for 2025-26, an increase of 0.3% over 2024-25; the college’s approved operating budget is $134.3 million, an increase of 3.75%. Tuition for in-state residents will be $530 per credit, an increase of 2.91% over 2024-25. When tuition is combined with fees – which remain unchanged – the increase is limited to 2.47%.
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