State College Main Campus

Our State College business school began as the South Hills Secretarial School in 1970 in a modest location on Allen Street. Growth forced the school to move to larger quarters in Boalsburg, PA. in August 1982, and it was renamed South Hills Business School to reflect its evolving program offerings. In January 1989, South Hills returned to its original home in a custom-built facility on 480 Waupelani Drive, where it remains to this day as the South Hills School of Business & Technology. We currently offer eleven Associate degree programs and three Diploma programs, giving students options for quality post-secondary education in business, technology and healthcare.

Read the full story of the history of South Hills School of Business & Technology.

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Air Force Lt. Col. Shares Her Keys To Success With South Hills Students in State College, PA

South Hills Alumna and United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Karen P. Kramer, recently visited South Hills School of Business & Technology to give a motivational speech to students, faculty, and staff about her life journey and provide her keys to success.

Where You Can Find South HIlls


South Hills State College


Main Campus
480 Waupelani Drive
State College, PA 16801

Medical Annex at the Cato Park Building
3081 Enterprise Drive
State College, PA 16801

admissions@southhills.edu
phone: 814-234-7755
fax: 814-234-0926

Admissions & Financial Aid Office Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, & Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Wednesday & Thursday 8:00am to 7:00pm

Campus Art

Welcoming Myself

The sculpture "Welcoming Myself" was given to South Hills on May 10, 1989 by the RNR Construction Company, Inc. of State College.

The artist, Lisa M. Fedon of Pen Argyle, PA, was commissioned to create a major public work of art that would represent the philosophy of the emergence of self through education.

The resulting installation is comprised of three ¾-inch steel figures of negative space that decrease in size until they reach the school building, where a single nine-foot "shadow" crafted of wire cloth emerges ready to take on the future.

South Hills Loves Music

In 2011, Gina Mazza, daughter of the school's founders and then-Vice President of the school, gave the Graphic Arts (GA) Class of 2012 an opportunity to be part of the creation of a mural for the back of the Tom Mazza Bandshell on the North Lawn of the campus. Luciano Sormani of Bellefonte, PA, volunteered and became the one student who tackled the entire project on his own.

After 6 weeks of work, the 4-panel mural "South Hills Loves Music" was dedicated on September 4, 2011. The artist, who later went on to spend five years at South Hills as a GA Instructor, drew inspiration for the Trompe-l'œil mural from the music performed in the bandshell, the Pennsylvania landscape, the rocks that frame the North Lawn, the school's clock tower, and a hot air balloon that is frequently seen overhead in State College.