Business & Hospitality Articles

Ever feel that success is passing you by? For one Pennsylvania College of Technology graduate, it is and it's among the highest tributes she could receive. Traveling to and from her job as a graphic designer with Weis Markets, Trisha (Corey) Herrick gets to see her work on the rear of the grocery chain's trucks rumbling along area roadways.

The seventh annual "Money in Your Pocket" campaign, through which Pennsylvania College of Technology students collaborate with the Internal Revenue Service and Salvation Army volunteers to help hundreds of area residents prepare and file their returns, will begin Feb. 1.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its spring Visiting Chef Series Feb. 17-19, welcoming Chef DeJuan Roy, executive chef of 95 Cordova at the historic Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Fla. While at the college, Roy will work alongside students, sharing his expertise as they prepare a benefit dinner on Friday, Feb. 19, that will conclude the stay.

Penn College got some national television exposure this month on NBC and CNN. Banner-carrying members of the college's Students in Free Enterprise chapter, in New York City on Dec. 5 with their adviser (Dennis R. Williams, associate professor of business administration/management), were glimpsed in the closing moments of "Weekend Today." Students Kaitlyn M. Kennedy, Shawn S.

A former professor has taken advantage of a special federal program to establish a scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Patricia J. Rambo, who retired as a professor of business administration in 1994, recently established the Robert and Patricia Shoff Rambo Scholarship. The endowed fund is expected to generate in excess of $1,000 annually for scholarship awards.

Jessica R. Larson, of Williamsport, scheduled to graduate magna cum laude in December with a bachelor's degree in business administration: marketing concentration, was chosen as October's Student of the Month by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

A professor of business administration/management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology visited the European University in Switzerland during the week of Nov. 2. Terry A.

Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will auction their works to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity during the School of Hospitality's annual Food Show and Chocolate House Auction on Dec. 4.

An associate professor of business administration at Penn College served a number of roles while attending the 68th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Boston from Oct. 9-11. While at the conference, Gerald D.

School of Hospitality students and faculty benefited from visits by culinary experts who shared their knowledge during classes and special events.