An instructor in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Hospitality has been chosen as this year’s speaker in a popular campus lecture series. The college’s David London My Last Words program challenges student- and alumni-nominated faculty members to offer their definitive thoughts as if they knew it were the final opportunity to share insight and inspiration.
For the 13th consecutive year, Wine Spectator magazine has granted its “Best of Award of Excellence” to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. The restaurant is one of 876 worldwide to earn the magazine’s second-tier "Best of” award.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has been awarded a $570,422 federal grant for 2012-13 in support of a variety of academic programs. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Perkins Local Plan Grant seeks to help develop the skills of secondary and postsecondary education students enrolled in career and technical-education programs.
The Pennsylvania College of Technology contingent at the recent National SkillsUSA Conference in Kansas City, Mo., produced four medalists: two second-place finishers and two third-place winners. Earning silver medals were Robert T. Berrier Jr., of Lewistown, a computer aided product design major who competed in Technical Drafting; and Aaron C.
Justin Shelinski, laboratory assistant for horticulture (in orange hardhat), crosses all the t's for tree-trimming safety. Emergency medical services/paramedic technology student Alonzo T. Estep demonstrates proper procedure for IV insertion. Cody J.
Dean Yasharian, a 2003 graduate of Penn College's culinary arts technology major – now executive chef at London's Bar Boulud restaurant – appeared in two segments on NBC's TODAY show Wednesday morning.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty member recently helped lead the Bread Bakers Guild of America’s “WheatStalk,” a national conference for artisan bread bakers. Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts and culinary arts, served as coordinator of teaching assistants at the event, held June 28-30 at Kendall College in Chicago. Chef Charles R.
Chef Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts and co-host of the Penn College/WVIA television series “You’re the Chef,” recently helped kick off a thematic unit on restaurants for fifth-grade students at Rommelt Elementary School in South Williamsport.
Students and professional staff of Le Jeune Chef Restaurant planted the restaurant’s vegetable garden – and added plants to its herb garden – on Wednesday: a total of 92, from a variety of tomatoes and peppers, to cabbage, eggplant and squash. The vegetables will be used in the restaurant, supporting its efforts to serve dishes prepared with fresh, local ingredients.
Twenty-one Pennsylvania College of Technology students were hired by Levy Restaurants to help prepare meals for guests attending the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 5.
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