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A Penn College culinary arts alumnus will be a familiar face on the Food Network and elsewhere in the coming months. James Parker, a 1991 graduate and founder of Veggy Art, is among the competitors in the $10,000 "Food Landscapes" challenge to premiere at 8 p.m. Sunday (and air numerous other times) on the cable channel. Parker also is scheduled for "The Rachael Ray Show" at 10 a.m.

Penn College hosted its 10th annual residential SMART Girls (Science and Math Applications in Real World Technologies for Girls) program July 11-15. Thirty-six girls participated in the program, which is for young women entering ninth and 10th grades.

Penn College was the site recently of a Technology Leadership Workshop, presented free to educators through Siemens Industry Inc.'s Siemens Cooperates With Education program. The event attracted 15 educators from such local institutions as Bucknell University and Williamsport Area School District, as well as from colleges and universities in North Dakota, Michigan and Ohio.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library, will host "Full Deck," a traveling exhibit of skateboard art, July 22-Sept. 22. "Full Deck" captures the dynamic art and style representative of skate culture from the 1960s to the present.

The Penn College Relay for Life team thanks everyone who helped to make this year's event so successful. The response was tremendous: With the college community's help, the team raised $5,407, which surpassed its $5,000 goal! The Penn College family provided raffle prizes, bought raffle tickets totaling $1,800, purchased luminaria, donated to Dress Down day and contributed money.

Expanding on its educational opportunities for faculty, staff, students and adult residents of surrounding communities, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library has begun offering nominally priced memberships to a previously underserved population: high schoolers. "We have been pleased to offer memberships to community borrowers since opening in 2006," said Nicole S.

PCToday continues its regular feature welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office.

Todd J. Moore, of Tioga, who would have begun his third semester as an automotive technology student this fall, died Friday, July 2. Funeral services have been held; Student Affairs will place amemorial brick in the Remembrance Garden and provide counseling to any student who requests it.

The practical nursing program at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus is scheduling pre-admission testing for the January 2011 class. The first day of class is scheduled for Jan. 3. The 12-month practical nursing program is offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College.

Saturday's scheduled International Brunch, part of Workforce Development & Continuing Education's "Creative Cuisine Series" featuring School of Hospitality faculty and staff, has been postponed due to a shortage of reservations.