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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.

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.