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Students in the Baking and Pastry Applications Class presented Pastry Product Development, Merchandising, Packaging and Marketing in the Susquehanna Room lobby Tuesday morning. Each student chose a product to promote for his or her bakery at a "Trade Show," presenting samples of their products, along with packaging and promotional materials. Participants were Jenna A.

"Mushrooms: Fun to Forage, Fun to Eat" fed a knowledge-hungry audience in the Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft Thursday afternoon. In his hourlong Library Forum, Chef Frank M.

Seven students and three faculty members representing Pennsylvania College of Technology's information technology majors attended the 15th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, held April 16 at Connecticut's University of Hartford. Three of the students David Schor, of Breinigsville; Gregory T. Poler, of Danville; and Michael F.

Timothy R. Cotter, of St. Marys, who next month will add a bachelor's degree in technology management to his associate degree in mass communications, has been chosen as the March "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Mushrooms, whether harvested in the wild or plucked from the produce aisle, will be the subject of the Spring Madigan Library Forum at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Frank M. Suchwala, instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts in the college's School of Hospitality, will present "Mushrooms: Fun to Forage, Fun to Eat" in the library's second-floor reading loft from 4 to 5 p.m.

Terry A. Girdon, professor of management and business administration department head at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been elected to a three-year term on the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education Board of Directors.

Penn College's Students in Free Enterprise chapter was second runner-up at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in Philadelphia on Monday. More than 35 teams attended this year's competition, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently appointed a director of mathematics and general education in the School of Integrated Studies. Joanna K. Pruden, an assistant professor of mathematics and previously the mathematics department head, began the new duties on March 15.

David L. Evans, professor of biology at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently appointed to the editorial board of BioScience. BioScience is the monthly, peer-reviewed journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. AIBS is an umbrella organization for around 200 biological-sciences societies.

Four first-grade classes from Lyter Elementary School in Montoursville visited labs at Penn College on March 23. The children enjoyed activities in graphic communications laboratories and in the School of Hospitality. They screen-printed T-shirts, twisted pretzels, learned to set tables and practice good table manners, and toured facilities.