Admissions Articles

Penn College's contributions to the 97th annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, satisfying academic curiosity and culinary cravings, are featured in the latest addition to the college's YouTube channel.

Unfazed by the forecast and undeterred as they explored the fall bounty of Penn College, Open House guests hit the ground early to get all their questions answered before then-Hurricane Sandy could put a damper on their mission.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer an Open House on Sunday, Oct. 28, affording prospective students and their families the opportunity to explore the college’s diverse academic programs, participate in a range of activities and tour the modern campus, including classrooms, labs, residence halls and dining facilities. Open House activities will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For the fourth consecutive year, Pennsylvania College of Technology has been included on the list of Military Friendly Schools compiled by G.I. Jobs magazine.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has again earned Top 10 status among the best public, four-year colleges in the northern region of the United States in the “Best Colleges” 2013 edition rankings published by U.S. News & World Report. Penn College is ranked 10th in the category of Top Public Regional Colleges (North), the same as 2012.

Penn College's "Manufacturing Students in Demand" video, which spotlighted employers' interest in students attending the spring Career Fair, was added over the weekend to the Alliance for American Manufacturing's blog.

Penn College's record of serving employers' needs – from credit offerings in long-established fields to workforce development in the emerging natural gas industry – is featured in the August issue of Business Magazine, a publication of Manufacturer & Business Association.  "To escape a crippling recession and jump-start the engines of industry, the United States must educate and inspire the work f

Employers recruiting from the varied Penn College majors that provide the manufacturing sector with a well-prepared workforce – from welding to plastics to electronics, just for starters – were duly impressed with the caliber of students they encountered at this month's campus Career Fair.

Parents often worry but don't always share with others their concerns about how ready their sons and daughters are to enter college. Highly motivated students may stay focused academically throughout high school, but many distractions can draw teenagers' attention away from academics at a time when it is important for them to prepare for the rigor of college-level classes.

Dressed in verdant spring splendor; impressive in its range of well-equipped instructional space; and overflowing with knowledgeable and engaging students, employees and alumni, Pennsylvania College of Technology welcomed Open House visitors on Saturday, March 24. — Photos by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer; Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor; and Jennifer A.