Education

A business co-owned by two Penn College graduates will help install the landscape for an "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" project under way in Berks County. more»

A collection of articles written by Lycoming students for The Williamsport Sun Gazette's "Life in a college town" series.
 
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A student in Penn College's four-year accounting major has been awarded a scholarship from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which also recognized two recent magna cum laude graduates as "Outstanding Seniors.” Nicole M. more»

Bucknell University's annual Sigma Xi Student Summer Research Poster Session will be held in the Terrace Room of the Elaine Langone Center on Wednesday, July 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. The session will feature the work of the many students who have spent the summer working with members of the Bucknell faculty on research projects in a variety of disciplines.

In the space of four weeks early this summer, Paul A. “Babe” Mayer, associate professor of fitness and lifetime sports at Penn College, was the go-to speaker for four organizations. more»

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Dr. Milton Loyer, who has served as the United Methodist archivist at Lycoming College for more than 20 years, has been awarded the Ministry of Memory award from the Historical Society of the United Methodist Church and the General Commission on Archives and History. more»

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Being an international student at any college can be daunting experience. But for several Vietnamese students attending Lycoming College, their experience has been so rewarding that they want other students from their native country to join them here. more»

Federal grant funding totaling nearly $5 million will enable Penn College to serve as one of two regional hubs coordinating the delivery of job recruitment, training and placement services for the Marcellus Shale natural gas industry across several states. more»

Bucknell is selling surplus items via sealed bid in a sale open to the general public.

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Lycoming College's students may be on summer break but the learning taking place on campus has definitely not stopped. More than 200 area elementary and middle school-aged students in grades two to eight are participating in the 24th annual "College for Kids and Teens" program scheduled for July 19-23. Program workshops, held each day from 9 a.m. more»

A grant from Sovereign Bank will allow establishment of two new permanent book collections in Penn College’s Madigan Library. The $2,500 grant, through the Sovereign Bank Foundation, will support new collections in childhood development and in arts and media programming. more»

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - For its 20th consecutive year, Lycoming College hosts Pennsylvania Free Enterprise Week, which is in its 32nd annual year of operation. more»

Bucknell's Class of 2014, which won't report to campus for new student orientation until Friday, Aug. 20, is already making its mark in many ways. || Part V in a series

Two-hundred fifty-seven Bucknell student-athletes earned dean's list honors for the 2010 spring semester.

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The summer research program has become one of the staples of Lycoming College's Chemistry Department. Each year, the department invites several students to work alongside its faculty for six to 10 weeks of research. more»

PCToday continues its regular feature – welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Penn College employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. 

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Four Lycoming College Clean Water Institute interns helped Dr. Mel Zimmerman, professor of biology, present a hands-on program on aquatic life in and around the pond at Indian Park in Montoursville on May 14. more»

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Five Lycoming College faculty members attended the Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching in Washington, D.C., June 3-5. In attendance were Dr. Cullen Chandler, assistant professor of history, Alison Gregory, assistant professor and instructional services librarian, Dr. more»

The practical nursing program at Penn College’s North Campus is scheduling pre-admission testing for the January 2011 class. The first day of class is scheduled for Jan. 3. The 12-month practical nursing program is offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College. more»

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The popular annual alumni outing at Camden Yards in Baltimore was a great success again on June 26, as nearly 70 alumni and guests braved the heat to enjoy time with friends old and new, all-you-can-eat picnic fare, and a well-contested Beltway Series game between the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Nationals. more»

Garrett M. Book, a May graduate of Penn College’s ornamental horticulture: landscape technology emphasis major, recently received word that he passed all four sections of the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist examination. more»

Forty faculty members from two dozen departments or programs at Bucknell University are creating new courses for greater exploration of environmental and global issues as part of the College Core Curriculum. The work is being supported with the help of a $112,000 grant from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation.

Two Penn College representatives were among medalists at SkillsUSA’s 46th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference held June 21-25 in Kansas City, Mo. Robert W. more»