July 23, 2024
Building on the strength of the Clean Water Institute and an already robust biology program, Lycoming College will expand its offerings with the launch of a major in environmental science in time for fall 2024. The new major is expected to attract students interested in the rapidly growing green jobs sector, making Lycoming a more competitive choice among its peers.
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July 15, 2024
To meet the demands of prospective students looking for their best college fit, Lycoming College has launched a new performing arts management major that carefully balances theatre with foundational business administration courses to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in a career on the management side of the performing arts.
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July 9, 2024
An intermediate German class at Lycoming College has taken on a community-based learning project that will introduce an authentic German Christmas market to the Williamsport community. The market will be held in conjunction with Williamsport’s December First Friday and annual Christmas parade events.
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July 1, 2024
With several family members running a company, business was in her blood. Coupled with an early push toward business from a middle school teacher, it seemed nearly inevitable that Kennedy Marsh ’25 would go on to study business administration in college.
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June 25, 2024
Lycoming College President Kent Trachte has appointed Sandra Kingery, Ph.D., as interim provost and dean of the faculty at Lycoming College effective July 1. She will succeed Philip Sprunger, PhD., who will return to the economics department faculty after 13 years in the post.
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June 17, 2024
The Lycoming College Alumni Association Executive Board (AAEB) honored four remarkable individuals on Saturday, June 1, 2024, during the College’s Alumni & Reunion Weekend. Award recipients are selected by the AAEB through nominations received from alumni and other members of the College community. AAEB President Phil Levesque ’00 and Vice President Holly Andrews ’10 formally recognized the honorees at the All-Alumni Breakfast and Award Presentation held in Lamade Gymnasium.
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June 11, 2024
Lycoming College is pleased to announce it has received an $8,850 grant from the PPL Foundation. These funds will support the expansion and enhancement of a complementary pair of the College’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs successfully piloted in 2022-23 — Partnership Welcome Week and OpenWilliamsport.
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June 3, 2024
Recent Lycoming College graduate Dominick Philip ’24 of Nazareth, Pa., was named to the prestigious class of 2024-25 Fulbright honorees. A recipient of the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Award, he will travel to Hamburg, Germany, to teach English to, and to share American culture with German students at the secondary education level. Philip, an economics-philosophy-comparative literature triple major with a minor in German, also graduated as a Lycoming Scholar.
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May 28, 2024
A Lycoming College Esports team dominated the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate competition to win the championship in April. A team of six students completed the spring ’24 season undefeated, moving on to win two rounds of playoffs, a semifinal, and a protracted final round of competition lasting four hours to be crowned the victor!
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May 20, 2024
Lycoming College students enrolled in Political Science 201, “Inside the U.S. Supreme Court,” received an education like no other as the class traveled to the Supreme Court twice this semester — once to attend oral arguments for the case McIntosh v. United States, and again for a private meeting with the bench’s newest addition, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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May 15, 2024
Three Lycoming College 2024 graduates were commissioned as 2nd lieutenants after successfully completing the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, in a ceremony conducted by the Bald Eagle Battalion. The ROTC program requires cadets to participate in weekly classes, physical training, monthly leadership labs, and a field training exercise every semester, all while keeping pace with academic and extracurricular commitments.
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May 6, 2024
The Lycoming College Clean Water Institute (CWI) will host Tim Palmer, award-winning author, photographer, and speaker, for a talk entitled “Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution To Our Urgent Flooding Crisis,” which is based on his book of the same title. The event is slated for Friday, May 17, at 2 p.m. in the Barclay Room/Heim G11, and is free and open to the public.
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May 3, 2024
Williamsport Mayor Derek Slaughter has been invited to address the Class of 2024 students and their loved ones at Lycoming College’s 176th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 11. Slaughter will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Lycoming during the ceremony.
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May 2, 2024
Lycoming College students and staff were recognized at the College’s annual Honors Convocation, Sunday, April 21, at Williamsport’s Community Arts Center, for leadership through serving the Lycoming and Williamsport communities. Honorees were acknowledged for their selfless and tireless dedication to serving others and for their leadership to advance student life. Those honored include:
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May 1, 2024
Lycoming College students were honored for their dedication to academic excellence with scholarships and fellowships during Honors Convocation at Williamsport’s Community Arts Center, Sunday, April 21. The following individuals were recognized:
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