Business, Arts & Sciences Articles

Among the hundreds of students supplementing their hands-on Penn College education through internships this year was Emma J. Turner, a culinary arts technology, professional baking and applied management student who became the first intern at Fireside Tavern, a busy restaurant and event space in Strasburg.

Fourteen Penn College students volunteered much of their morning to serve as mentors to middle school and high school students who filled the Field House last week to learn about developing business plans.

Penn College’s baking & culinary program partnered with the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association last week to provide a Hospitality Career Exploration & Leadership Workshop to students grades nine to 12. More than 100 high schoolers attended.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology Board of Directors approved two retired faculty for emeritus status during its Oct. 9 board meeting. Kirk M. Cantor, polymer engineering, and Keith A. Vanderlin, graphic design and art, received this recognition.

Chef Alberto Mezzoli, corporate chef for Bindi North America, spent time with students in the Customer Service & Retail Baking Operations class as they prepared an Italian-themed bread and pastry sale, then provided a demonstration for all those interested in the Global Food & Hospitality: Cuisine, Culture & Perspectives class.

What started with a bit of curiosity now has Joanna Yoder, Pennsylvania College of Technology photography instructor, showing her artwork in exhibits and magazines across the country and around the world.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Natural Sciences Department recently made two donations in support of local educational programs. Part of the School of Business, Arts & Sciences, the department focuses on inspiring students to wonder and be amazed by the world around them through three major curricular areas: biology, chemistry and physics.

Pennsylvania College of Technology emergency and homeland security instructor William A. Schlosser has been named a Certified Emergency Manager by the International Association of Emergency Managers.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Business, Arts & Sciences recently held an Active Thinking & Learning Math Professional Day for full-time and adjunct math faculty. Local high school math teachers also were in attendance for the workshop, which was led by Trey Cox, a veteran mathematics educator with 39 years of teaching experience spanning middle school, high school and college in Illinois and Arizona.

The Pennsylvania College of Technology School of Business, Arts & Sciences recently held an Active Thinking & Learning Math Professional Day for full-time and adjunct math faculty. Local high school math teachers also were in attendance for the workshop, which was led by Trey Cox, a veteran mathematics educator with 39 years of teaching experience spanning middle school, high school and college in Illinois and Arizona.