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Pennsylvania College of Technology recently wrapped up Restorative Justice Week, which aimed to highlight the importance of understanding the expansive impact of crime on a community and the most effective response for both the offender and the victim.

Nearly 200 students from nine high schools and career and technical education centers explored Penn College’s baking and culinary majors during Friday’s Hospitality Visit Day. Their visit included a tasty sample of students’ classwork.

Contemporary artist Adrian Gor recently offered two workshops for students in drawing classes. Gor’s work, “Masses of the Undone,” was on exhibit in The Gallery at Penn College through the end of November.

Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was selected to serve on the advisory council for the 2026 Salon du Chocolat New York.

Raised in a family rooted in community service, Mikya L. Stake is forging her own path – balancing a full college course load with overnight shifts as a live-in volunteer at a local fire department.

Students in Mark W. Wilson’s Wood Sculpture class recently completed work on African masks that will be on display on the second floor of the Madigan Library until the second week of December.

As part of Restorative Justice Week, Nov. 16-22, Human Services & Restorative Justice Club members and first-year students of the program will accept “Food4Fines.” Students will be stationed in the lobbies of the Hager Lifelong Education Center and Klump Academic Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday to collect food donations in exchange for Penn College parking tickets.

The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs recently elected Chip D. Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration/management at Pennsylvania College of Technology, to its Board of Commissioners of the Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree.

Chef Todd M. Keeley, assistant professor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts at Pennsylvania College of Technology, recently presented a Business of Baking for Beginners session at the International Baking Industry Exposition in Las Vegas.

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.