Pennsylvania College of Technology

Educational Resources

Libraries

The College Library owns 80 electronic databases which includes on-line access to e-book sources; in addition, the College Library owns special collections including: 1) Teachers' Learning Center, 2) Popular Books, 3) the Cunningham Collection, and College historical archive collections.

• Member of library consortia.
• 93,297 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 835 current serial subscriptions.
• 12,631 microforms.
• 12,387 Audio/Visual items.

Museums & Art

Art Gallery

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 1,500 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 1,500 Internet connections in Laboratories.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

career, personal, academic

Career

co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 23% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 100% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 21 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 14% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Open House; Spring Visitation; Fall and Spring Career Expo; Green Building Fair; Student Commencement Ceremonies; Webstock; Intramural Activities; Midnight Breakfast; Parent and Family Weekend; PowderPuff Football; Homecoming Dance; End-of-Year Residential Events
• Student activities: dance, radio station, student government, student newspaper
• In total, there are about 46 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Refer to: www. pct. edu/student_activities/organizations. htm
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Refer to: www. pct. edu/student_activities/organizations. htm
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Refer to: www. pct. edu/student_activities/organizations. htm
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Open Forum

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (80), Montoursville (10)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia (100)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Williamsport (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 67% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Bucknell University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, other