Central Pennsylvania College
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1881 |
| President | Dr. Karen Scolforo |
| Students | 1,400 |
| Location | Summerdale, PA, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Maroon & Orange |
| Athletics | USCAA Division II |
| Mascot | Knights |
| Website | www |
Central Penn College is a private college located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Harrisburg in the United States.
Established in 1881, Central Penn College was originally known as Central Pennsylvania Business School. The school officially changed its name in 1999 to "Central Pennsylvania College" and then to "Central Penn College" in 2010 to better characterize the diversity and breadth of the school's academic programs. Central Penn offers two-year associate degree and three- and four-year bachelor's degree programs to its students.
The school's Charles "T." Jones Library features a learning resource center open to the public. A swimming pool, basketball court, volleyball court and picnic areas are also features of the campus. The college is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Central Penn College was founded in 1881 under the name "Pennsylvania Business College". Its original location was on Market Street in Harrisburg. In 1970 the new president Bart Milano moved the Central Pennsylvania Business School, as it was known at that time, across the river to Summerdale where it continues to operate today.
The transition from business school to college began in 1977 when the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools accredited Central Penn. In 1999, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania recognized Central Penn as a two-year college with degree-granting privileges. In December 2000, Pennsylvania's Secretary of Education approved Central Penn College to operate as a four-year degree-granting college. 2013 brought approval for Central Penn to offer the Master of Professional Studies. In 2015 Central Penn added three health science degree programs: Bachelor of Science in Health Science, Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management and Bachelor of Science in Radiology Sciences.
The landscape of the campus has changed over the years. In 2002 the Advanced Technology Education Center opened. The new building doubled the number of academic classrooms on the Summerdale campus. That same year 1869-vintage Henszey's Bridge, a 93-foot (28 m) wrought-iron bowstring arch/truss type, was refurbished and relocated to Central Penn from its previous home in Wanamakers, Pennsylvania. In 2004 the college's first satellite location opened on Old Philadelphia Pike in Lancaster. Responding to feedback from students for more recreational facilities, the college in 2014 opened The Underground, which contains a student union space, dance studio, fitness center, writing center and the Capital BlueCross Theatre. Fall 2015 saw the opening of the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Health Sciences Building, a state-of-the-industry facility designed to give students in the Department of Health Sciences a real-world, hands-on experience.
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