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Pennsylvania College of Technology is renowned for its “degrees that work,” and for those needing additional flexibility to attain a degree from the college, online options abound. Online learning at Penn College offers more choices to students who are balancing work and family responsibilities.

A partnership with Guittard Chocolate Co., the oldest continuously family-owned and -operated chocolate-making business in the United States – and exclusive chocolate provider to the college's School of Business & Hospitality – is giving Penn College students and eye-opening and mouth-watering appreciation for quality. "I love their chocolate," said Natascha G.

Twenty-eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students have been selected by Levy Restaurants to help serve an expected crowd of more than 160,000 at the 2017 running of the storied Kentucky Derby on May 6. The Derby, an icon of Southern tradition, is the longest-running sporting event in the United States, first run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1875 before a crowd of 10,000.

Brittany R. Terpstra, a web and interactive media major from Jim Thorpe, has been chosen as the March “Student of the Month” at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Terpstra, described by her nominator as "putting herself 'out there' in a positive light," has served as the president and marketing coordinator for the Wildcat Events Board.

Alumni returning to their graphic design roots are (from left): Bigger, Cosgrove, Januchowski, Hoover, Gray and Chandler. Stephenson (right) chats up his former students prior to their panel discussion in the Bush Campus Center. Chandler shares insight into her real-world design experience. A roomful of future graphic designers listens to Januchowski’s sage advice.

The crime scene at our fingertips, whether the instrument or the victim of attack A mix of students, community members and past Colloquia speakers are on hand for Ebersole's instructive talk. The speaker shows a "ransomware" pop-up, which extorts money from an Internet user facing encryption of computer files.

Whyman shows her design utilized in an environmental application (on the wall leading to the lab). Keyser shares her branding ideas with the client committee. Exceptional student-produced inspirations Neff discusses logo variations. Bennett and fellow students also shared the view of their designs on the lab’s exterior windows.

In launching its new brewing and fermentation science degree, Pennsylvania College of Technology has enlisted the expertise of acclaimed brewmaster Timothy L. Yarrington. The Spring Mills resident will serve as an instructor for the new major, which begins in Fall 2017.

The Dunham Children’s Learning Center at Pennsylvania College of Technology received $34,600 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Human Services through the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning. The funding comes in the form of a Keystone Stars Merit Award of $12,675 and a Keystone Stars Education and Retention Award of $21,925.

In early April, Pennsylvania College of Technology will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its Visiting Chef Series with the return, for the seventh time, of “Louisiana’s culinary ambassador to the world,” Chef John Folse, along with Folse’s renowned restaurant partner Chef Rick Tramonto, internationally heralded Pastry Chef Donald Wressell, and Chef Elaine Gardner, a 2011 Penn College graduate who