The Student Government Association’s Spring 2025 Silent Auction generated a record-breaking $5,600 in funds, surpassing the previous record of $4,200. The annual fundraiser is SGA’s signature event, raising money for the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship. Three Penn College students have been identified as the latest scholarship recipients.
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 landscape/plant production technology students are reaping the rewards they earned at the 49th annual National Collegiate Landscape Competition, held recently at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Penn College’s contingent of 18 students achieved an excellent showing in the three-day event, placing 18th out of 54 schools, thanks to top finishes by seven students.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology civil engineering technology student is one of nine undergraduates statewide to receive a scholarship from the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation. Ethan A. Hillenbrand, of Harrisburg, earned a $2,000 scholarship, awarded by the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors at its conference in Hershey.
An inspirational networking opportunity was served up with the 2025 Scholarship Luncheon, held March 23 in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Field House. Donors and students supported by scholarships enthusiastically embraced the chance to connect alongside family, friends and college advocates. More than 370 guests were in attendance.
A campus tradition since 2009, the Student Government Association’s annual Silent Auction is set for noon to 4 p.m., Friday, March 21, with online bidding through BidPal One. Beginning Thursday, auction items can be viewed via the online site, and they can also be seen in-person in the Bush Campus Center lobby beginning at noon on Friday.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in any academic major at the college in the 2025-26 academic year are eligible for annual Grow PA Scholarship Grant Program assistance coordinated by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Beginning with the 2025-26 academic year, Grow PA Grant scholarships of up to $5,000 each will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Students may apply for the scholarships beginning March 13 at the PHEAA website.
Students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Engineering Technologies lead the nation in scholarships bestowed by a foundation devoted to skilled manufacturing careers. Penn College students earned 11 of the 59 scholarships awarded for the Spring 2025 semester by SparkForce.
Four Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been awarded scholarships totaling $4,500 from the Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Foundation. The 2024-25 PLNA Foundation Scholarship recipients are: Morgan R. Max, a forest technology student from Pipersville, and three landscape/plant production technology students: Jahrell M. Harper, of Bloomsburg; Jake A. Seasock, of Lancaster; and Saudiah Wells, of Williamsport.
Penn College students aren’t the only ones expressing their appreciation during “Give Thanks, Paw It Forward” week. Alumni are also joining the effort. David W. Stanley, a 1982 radiologic technology graduate of Penn College’s predecessor institution, Williamsport Area Community College, gives thanks for his foundations (family and collegiate) through a radiography scholarship in memory of his “great parents,” William and Evelyn Stanley.
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