Development and promotion of a Web-based venue to help students and employees collaboratively cut through "information chaos" on Pennsylvania College of Technology's campuses was the subject of a recent staff presentation at the Ninth Annual EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference in Baltimore. Wendy A.
A semester-long project by students in Chef Monica J. Lanczak's Advanced Patisserie Operations class culminated Friday morning in a baking and pastry "trade show" in the Hager Lifelong Education Center.
The second annual Walk-It-Out Motorcycle Rally, a charity ride sponsored by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Wildcat Events Board, will be held Saturday, April 30. The rally begins at noon on Hagan Way, near the college's Madigan Library, and follows a 42-mile route a winding trek that includes Collomsville, Elimsport and Muncy before returning to main campus.
Student organizations at Pennsylvania College of Technology have met a fundraising challenge from the college president, spurring a new challenge to help endow a memorial scholarship fund. Penn College's Student Government Association and several other organizations rose to the challenge from Davie Jane Gilmour to raise $2,000 for the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship.
School of Hospitality students Aimee M. Stout, of Middletown, N.Y., and Katelyn R. Ciavardini, of Sayre will prepare healthy vegetable burgers and other tasty treats for Saturday's "Spring Spectacular 2011" at Snyder's Nursery at the Feed Mill. The event will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at 114 S.
Penn College's Residence Life Office held a successful disabilities-awarenessevent in Dauphin Hall on Tuesday. The "Spend a Day in Their Shoes" program allowed students to engage in an obstacle course designed to replicate some of the day-to-day challenges of people with disabilities. Kay E.
A group of Pennsylvania College of Technology students will help to serve thousands of hungry horse-racing fans at the 2011 Kentucky Derby on May 7. The students were interviewed on the Penn College campus and selected by Levy Restaurants representatives. Levy is responsible for food operations at many sports arenas and entertainment venues across the United States.
Seven students from Gamma Epsilon Tau, the graphic arts and printing honors fraternity, and their adviser, Tom Tyberg, assistant professor of graphic communications, recently ventured to Washington, D.C., where they attended the On-Demand Expo, a print-related trade show that focuses on variable-data printing and short-run, quick-turnaround printing.
Human services students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will present an Assistive Technology Expo on April 29 in the college's Field House. The expo, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature a broad range of services and equipment to assist individuals with disabilities. The displays will focus on mobility, communication and education.
Julie A. Stager, a certified billing and coding specialist and instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus near Wellsboro, recently was chosen to take part in the National Healthcareer Association test-item writing workshop, held March 7-8 in Kansas City, Mo.
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