Business & Hospitality Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology students set an impressive record during their fall-semester participation in the Business Strategy Game. In all, Penn College student teams earned spots on the international game’s weekly Top 100 lists 21 separate times. “This is quite impressive given that, at some point during the semester, over 5,700 teams competed in the BSG,” said Chip D.

Panelists (from left) Lisa M. Andrus, part-time instructor of business administration/management/marketing and owner of Andrus Hospitality; Samuel Ryder, vice president for FNB Bank and a member of the college’s Business Administration Advisory Committee; and alumnus Scott D. Rinker, ’12, branch manager for Jersey Shore State Bank.

WBRE's Josh Hodell talks with student Katlyn J. Hackling (center) and Chef Mary G. Trometter. Chef Mary G. Trometter, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, accompanied student Katlyn J. Hackling, of Williamsport, on WBRE’s "PA live!" broadcast on Wednesday.

A student from Williamsport is the first to complete a worksite internship via Pennsylvania College of Technology’s new degree in business administration: sport and event management concentration. Alexandra M. Lehman hopes to use her degree to plan and manage conferences, fundraisers, celebrations and other such events for a large organization.

Wine Spectator magazine recently released its 2016 Restaurant Guide, again naming Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Le Jeune Chef Restaurant among the “Award of Excellence” recipients. The world's best wine lists are featured in the annual guide, which presents the winners in the magazine’s Restaurant Awards program.

Pennsylvania College of Technology student Jonathan T. Hall, of Williamsport, was named one of two recipients of the National Association of College & University Food Services Mid-Atlantic Region’s Nancy W. Carrier Scholarship for 2016. Hall, a full-time student who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in applied management, is also an assistant cook for Penn College Dining Services.

Michael R. Triassi, Le Jeune Chef’s director of sales and restaurant operations, accepts a Reader’s Choice Award from Becky Fitzwater, an advertising representative for the Milton Standard-Journal. Le Jeune Chef Restaurant recently received the silver among restaurants in the Milton Standard-Journal’s first Reader’s Choice Awards.

A new video, in which Presidential Student Ambassador Emily K. Lutz chats with Chef Frank Suchwala about "Technology in the Kitchen," has been added to the Penn College YouTube channel. The clip gives viewers a taste of "fruit-juice caviar" and other scientific food preparation in the School of Business & Hospitality and at the recent USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.

John Michael Sabga, left, and Tarik Laroche From the Spring 2016 One College Avenue magazine: Long before becoming Wildcat soccer teammates, John Michael Sabga and Tarik Laroche shared a “football” field in Trinidad. Read more in "Unexpected Reunion."

Two marketing professionals and longtime Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty members have established a scholarship to benefit students majoring or minoring in marketing at the college. The Luke-Moff Marketing Scholarship was initiated by Gerri F. Luke, dean of the School of Business & Hospitality at Penn College, and Steven J.