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Chef Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently earned the Certified Specialist of Wine credential from the Society of Wine Educators. The Society of Wine Educators validates wine knowledge, tasting acumen and teaching ability within its certifications.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students will use Harry Potter as the inspiration for their three-tier cake designs during the college's sixth-annual cake competition. Following judging, the students' cakes will be displayed for the public from 1-3 p.m. March 3 and from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 4 in the Mountain Laurel Room of the Thompson Professional Development Center.

Le Jeune Chef Restaurant will host grand reopening events on Feb. 1-2 to show off its redecorated dining room. The new design reflects the School of Hospitality's more natural, organic approach to menu planning. "It started with us planting our own garden," said Layne E. Eggers, assistant dean of hospitality.

Beginning this fall, a bachelor's degree in web and interactive media an innovative melding of information technology and the visual arts will be available at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Eight students and two Penn College faculty members Curt E. Vander Vere, assistant professor of mathematics, and D. Robert Cooley, assistant professor of anthropology and environmental science, along with Maya Exploration Center instructor Christopher Powell, studied Maya mathematics and culture in Flores, Tikal, Seibal, Yaxha and Lake Peten Itza, Guatemala, from Dec. 28-Jan. 4.

A new four-year major in the fast-growing field of gaming and simulation will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology the first public institution in the commonwealth with such an undergraduate degree beginning this fall.

Faculty from Penn College's School of Business and Computer Technologies again worked with Marcia McCann, instructional learning support teacher at Williamsport's Curtin Middle School, to offer brown-bag lunch sessions for students during the fall semester. Asesh K. Das, professor of computer science, and Bradley M.

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Visiting Chef Series, Pennsylvania College of Technology will host four distinguished alumni of the School of Hospitality during its Feb. 2-4 event.

A professor of management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently participated in the 2010 Biannual International Conference of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education in Zurich, Switzerland. In his role as vice chairman of the IACBE Board of Directors, Terry A.

A professor of management and head of the business administration department at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently participated in the 2010 Biannual International Conference of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education in Zurich, Switzerland. In his role as vice chairman of the IACBE Board of Directors, Terry A.