New Opportunities for Experience in World Class Technical Education
The primary purpose of the SUN
Area Career & Technology Center is to provide a world class program
of studies that will enable students to start their careers by
developing employability/ transferable skills to become quality workers,
self-supporting, respectable citizens, and life-long learners. To
accomplish this aim, students must not only become skilled in their
chosen occupational field, but receive cross-training in related
occupations to develop those traits necessary to interact and
communicate with other people in related occupational fields. In this
way, young men and women with the ability and ambition to attain success
and leadership in their chosen fields will be prepared to adapt
themselves to the constantly changing demands of society.
CAREER PATH TO HIGHER EDUCATION: Harrisburg Area Community College and
SUN Area Technical Institute are partners for success. Many of our
programs are articulated to give students a head start on college and
their careers. You, as a SUN TECH graduate , can be awarded advanced
placement credit at the Harrisburg Area Community College, Pennsylvania
College of Technology, or one of 47 other schools of your choice. This
credit is based on a recommendation by your instructor to recognize your
achievement as a student. It is equivalent to a scholarship ranging in