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Two Pennsylvania College of Technology mathematics faculty members have been named recipients of the college’s 2015 President’s Award for Outstanding Assessment of Student Learning. Joanna K. Flynn, assistant professor of mathematics, and Ed G. Owens, associate professor and department head of mathematics, received the honor on Jan. 8 at the all-college meeting opening the Spring 2016 semester.

Keynote speaker Michael Turlis, executive director of the Ronald McDonald House of Danville, talks with students. Ronald McDonald House Charities was selected as the Pennsylvania FBLA state project for 2015-16. Brian D. Walton, assistant dean of business and hospitality, imparts his expertise to the business-minded group. Joseph J.

The intersection of technology, interpersonal communication and human relationships will be explored in the third presentation of the Daniel J. Doyle Technology & Society Colloquia Series, set for Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

The intersection of technology, interpersonal communication and human relationships will be explored in the third presentation of the Daniel J. Doyle Technology & Society Colloquia Series, set for Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

A senior marketing student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was selected as an intern for a fan site that is known as the world’s No. 1 “Harry Potter” website. As a social media intern for MuggleNet, Jessica R. Wiegand, a student in business administration: marketing concentration, joins a social media staff of 19.

Culinary arts faculty and students at Penn College recently created a "Taste of Technology" presentation for visiting high school students, showing – with a dash of science – how a kitchen can be transformed into a chemistry set. "We want to learn about liquid nitrogen and different food products and how to use that in avant-garde cuisine," said Chef Frank M.

Competing against thousands of teams worldwide, two Pennsylvania College of Technology groups were ranked in the Global Top 100 during the fall semester as they “played” the Business Strategy Game. The Business Strategy Game is an international business simulation competition used not only in undergraduate capstone classes, but also in graduate classes and as a corporate-level training tool.

Edible artistry was on display Dec. 4 at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s annual Food Show, where culinary arts and baking and pastry arts students displayed final projects for judges and visitors. The Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award was granted to Amanda R.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology professor of industrial and human factors design addressed the inspirational and innovative “maker movement” at the fall conference of the American Society for Engineering Education Middle Atlantic Section held recently at Bucknell University. Thomas E.

Bhishmadut B. Contractor, an international student from India enrolled in business administration: management concentration, is completing a study abroad semester in Austria and has sent a few photos “home” to Penn College. Bhishmadut B.