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The Chester D. Schuman Scholarship, honoring a man who served 34 years as admissions director for Pennsylvania College of Technology and its immediate forerunner, Williamsport Area Community College, has been established at the college.

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.

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.

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.

The dean of Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies has been chosen for an institutional accreditation team and reappointed to the editorial review board of a professional journal. Having led successful Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs accreditation self-studies at Lycoming College and Penn College, Edward A.

Thirty high school students took part in “‘Designing a Digital Future’ Career Camp,” presented for the first time over the summer by Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Business and Computer Technologies.

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.

The accreditation of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s two- and four-year accounting and business majors has been reaffirmed by the only organization that accredits institutions granting both baccalaureate and associate degrees in the field.

Eleven central Pennsylvania early childhood educators completed a nine-credit credentialing program at Pennsylvania College of Technology during 2011-12. STEP Inc., Central Regional Key, paid tuition and textbook costs for directors employed at early childhood education centers that participate in Pennsylvania’s Keystone Stars continuous quality assurance program.

Thirty high school students took part in the first "'Designing a Digital Future' Career Camp," presented by Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies on June 19-20.