2025 Merit Badge College
The 2025 Merit Badge College is offering 20 different Merit Badges on Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Penn College of Technology. Registration opens at 7:30 am. There are three periods starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 4:00 p.m. Some badges can be completed in one period, while others require multiple periods to finish (if all Be Prepared requirements are completed in advance).
The registration fee of $50 covers lunch for the Scout, MB session materials, and a patch.
Merit Badges offered are Architecture, Chemistry, Composite Materials, Dentistry, Digital Technology, Drafting, Electricity (2 periods required), Electronics (2 periods required), Engineering (2 periods required), Fingerprinting, First Aid (2 periods required), Graphic Arts, Landscape Architecture (2 periods required), Metalwork (must take ALL 3 periods), Photography (2 periods required), Plumbing (2 periods required), Programming (2 periods required), Soil and Water Conservation, Sustainability (2 periods required), Welding (must take ALL 3 periods).
Two merit badges have a minimum age of 14 - Engineering and Metalwork.
Important information with more details for selecting and preparing for MBs can be found in the two downloadable documents that can be found on this page (shown as attachments) - 1) Schedule of classes and 2) For each MB, the Be Prepared requirements (homework) and special instructions.