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An occasion to reminisce and renew, a special reunion welcomed alumni of Williamsport Technical Institute and Williamsport Area Community College back to campus. The predecessor institutions of Pennsylvania College of Technology laid the groundwork for today’s educational achievements and are an important part of the college’s legendary legacy. The gathering also celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of WACC, one of the state’s first community colleges, in 1965.

Continuing its support of Pennsylvania College of Technology, WM, formerly known as Waste Management, has donated $10,000 to back the institution’s dual enrollment program. Penn College Dual Enrollment enables academically qualified high school and career and technology education center students to take college-credit courses tuition-free during their regular school day.

It’s that time of year again: Penn College’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center is rolling out the “greenhouse carpet,” inviting shoppers to its annual bedding plant sale. The much-anticipated event begins Monday, May 5 and runs through Wednesday, May 7. Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, with Wednesday’s hours 9 a.m. to noon.

Pennsylvania College of Technology physical therapist assistant students recently provided an activity-filled morning to 70 elementary school children in the college’s Field House. Seeking a service-learning project, students invited special education classes from Jersey Shore Area, Loyalsock Township, South Williamsport Area and Williamsport Area school districts to a jungle-themed event, dubbed “Wildcat Kids in Motion."

“Brilliant” was an oft-repeated sentiment as recent visitors from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania College of Technology discussed the time they spent on campus and in the region. Ten students and two faculty members from North West Regional College in Derry spent two weeks in April attending Penn College classes, touring local industry and visiting area attractions.

Ten Pennsylvania College of Technology students were recently awarded financial assistance through the Allan Myers Corporate Scholars program. Allan Myers, one of the mid-Atlantic’s largest heavy civil construction firms, is a decades-long supporter of the college and its “tomorrow maker” students.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will hold three commencement ceremonies May 16-17 for the 885 students who have petitioned to graduate following the Spring 2025 semester. Nearly 750 students will march at the ceremonies, all of which are ticketed events to be held at the Community Arts Center. All of the ceremonies will be livestreamed.

The Clean Energy Center’s weatherization career readiness program, called Next Door, has hosted a series of recent field trips for more than 90 career and technical education center students to the center’s labs in Williamsport and Harrisburg. 

Staff and children in the college’s Robert & Maureen Dunham Children’s Learning Center recently created an initiative to spread cheer and camaraderie. After reading “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” the center decided to continue the fun by starting a “caterpillar” along the sidewalk between the Victorian House and the Bush Campus Center.

Penn College baseball and softball teams both are seeded fourth and will play at home going into their United East Conference playoff games on Friday in the best-of-three series. The baseball team will host fifth-seeded Cairn University at Bowman Field starting at 11 a.m. on Friday, with an “if needed” game starting at noon Saturday. The softball team will host fifth-seeded St. Elizabeth University at Elm Park at 1 and 3 p.m. on Friday, with an “if needed” game starting at noon on Saturday.