The new Southeast Center

• Allied Health
• Business Administration
• Carpentry
• Computer Science
• Culinary Arts
• Early Childhood Education
• Electrical
• General Studies
• Health Studies, Pre-Nursing (ENG 100, PSY 140, BIO 150, MAT 121, NUS 102)
• Liberal Arts
• Psychology
• Science for Health Professions

There are 28 general purpose classrooms and computer labs. Several classrooms will be equipped with Smartboards and touch screen monitors. There are seven specialty labs listed below:

• Allied Health
• Biology
• Biotechnology
• Carpentry
• Chemistry
• Culinary Arts (Demonstration, Teaching and Student Production Kitchens
• Electrical

Certificates will be offered in high priority occupations and skilled trades such as:

• Biotechnology
• Carpentry
• Electrical
• Building and Facilities Maintenance
• Certified Nurse Aide
• Pharmacy Technician
• Plumbing
• Sterile Processing Technician

• AI Certification
• Computer Literacy/Training/Certification
• GED Preparation
• Grant Writing
• Healthcare (Patient Care Technician, EKG, Phlebotomy, Electronic Health Records)
• Health & Wellness
• Notary Public
• PMP Project Management
• Reading and Writing for English Language Learners
• Real Estate Licensing
• Retirement Planning
• SAT Preparation/TOEFL Test Preparation
• Small Business Development
• Website and Graphic Design

A 17,000 sq. ft. Early Learning Center will provide a state-of-the-art experiential learning lab for our Early Childhood Education program, ensuring ECE students gain skills that focus on child observation for age-appropriate activity design, curriculum planning, and advocacy, as well as how to engage families and work with diverse learners to meet today’s demands in the field.

• Enrollment Central including Admissions, Financial Aid and an on-site cashier
• Bookstore
• Dining hall with an outdoor courtyard
• Student collaboration spaces throughout the building

• Academic advising, including career and transfer support
• Disability services and diversity initiatives
• A Learning Commons that will house a library and group study rooms and provide research assistance, instruction and other library services, such as writing and tutoring services, and a laptop-lending program
• Student Resource Center with a food pantry
• Shuttle Service

Athletics office, student life activities and programmed campus events

• Work progresses on the new annex with most of the steel being installed and work proceeding on all floors of the annex as well as the exterior.
• Dry wall, tile work and painting continue on the main building with work again proceeding on the first floor.
• The GC is planning delivery and installation of several staircases throughout the project area some of which has started in the main building.
• Work on exterior curbing continues with a schedule being made for road work outside the property area soon.
• The ELC is moving well with a ceiling grid installed on the second floor.
• Delivery and installation of the main mechanical equipment is being scheduled for both the main building and ELC.
• Gas service and metering is completed in all areas.

• • Work is progressing as planned in all areas and steel work has started for the new annex and new main entrance.

• • Concrete has been added to half of the first floor and work on the drywall continues on the upper floors.

• • Brick work is near completed and windows are also near completed on the Early Learning Center.

• • Power and communication duct banks are being completed throughout the site and PECO is expected to provide permanent power by Mid-January due to a delay on PECO’s end.

• • The college is still working with PECO on gas line install which is tentatively scheduled for Mid-January.

• • Work is progressing with dry wall being installed on the third floor and then moving to the second floor while rough-in work continues.

• • Shoring (support) for the new elevators and Annex connecting to the main building is moving slower than anticipated but continuing in the needed locations so work can again resume on the first floor.

• • The Early Learning Center roof is being installed while work continues inside of both floors.

• • Site work halted along Huey Avenue while the College waits for PECO to relocate an existing electrical line found in the path of the road widening.

• • The College is working with PECO to start work on a new gas line that would feed the new center site and buildings.

• • Wind Screens indicating the January 2026 open date are installed.

• • Work is progressing as planned with an anticipated completion date of late 2025.The steel installation is under way for the annex and elevator areas that will connect to the main building. The foundations of the annex and new entrance are completed and steel for these areas is expected in late October for installation.

• • The Early Learning Center roof deck is being installed and it is expected to be closed in for interior work by the end of this year.

• • The sidewalk along Lansdowne Ave is completed as well as new walls for the loading dock area and retaining walls between the high school and the college.

• • New sewer and storm lines are installed along the front of the building.

• • The college is working with PECO and Aqua to install permanent power and water and has filed an application for PECO gas service to the site.

• • Road work around the property is expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Work continues on the new campus project with site work continuing in and around the campus and work by all trades on each floor of the main building as well as in the ELC. Work on all the roadways adjoining the property is schedule to be completed over summer. We are still estimating a late 2025 completion.

The groundbreaking took place in spring 2023 and construction is progressing as planned. Beginning work on the foundation for the Early Learning Center has begun. The College is meeting with SEPTA to discuss adding a transit shelter at the intersection of Lansdowne and Huey Road. The opening is projected for January 2026 with substantial completion for late 2025.