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From a vibrant palette ... ... new banners entice the eye ... ... and engage the mind. Just in time for this month's Spring Open House, new banners are rising alongside the roadways and walkways of Penn College – inspiration for visitors and affirmation for students and employees.

A unified 'Grateful Bread' shows its team spirit. The first course: fresh citrus salsa with spinach salad served in a crisp-angel-hair-and-Parmesan basket, with drops of pomegranate juice reduction. The judging team, diligently meeting its responsibilities in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant.

The Mary Beth Saar Memorial Scholarship, intended to meet emergency needs of eligible Penn College students, is now fully endowed and will be available for awards beginning with the Fall 2015 semester.

Penn College’s annual wedding cake competition and display Tuesday offered a look at the talents of students in a Cake Decorating II course taught by Chef Sue L. Mayer, assistant professor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts. The competitors edibly expressed the theme “Love Songs,” with cakes representing memorable lyrics from several eras. – Photos by Jennifer A.

Penn College's student THON contingent included (from left) MacKenzie L. Martin, of Thompsontown; dancers Stephanie C. Myers and Sarah M. Luprek; campus chair Emma J. Sutterlin, of State College, holding Zoey Witmer, daughter of Katelyn A. Keefer, of Northumberland; Brianna M. Young, of Fayetteville, N.C.; and James S. Alger, of Campbelltown.

Caleb G. Schirmer, of Sugarloaf, a technology management major at Pennsylvania College of Technology, has been chosen as the February Student of the Month. Schirmer, who earned an associate degree in landscape/horticulture technology: landscape emphasis in 2014, is president of the Off-Campus Housing Organization and secretary of Students Making a Contribution.

William C. Blessing talks about the malicious methods employed to compromise computer security. Zachary L. Lundberg addresses the benefits (and more than occasional pitfalls) of geolocation, which pinpoints and shares one's physical whereabouts. Several "cloud"-based systems for information backup are assessed by Adam T. Check. David M. Mossop (left) and Jeremy W.

Team Pork Buttz enters the “field” of competition with confidence. Inspired by a list of required ingredients, students produce house-made ricotta cheese quenelle with citrus salad atop a cauliflower and cheese crust. Team Grateful Bread carefully scores its classmates’ culinary creations. The team’s entrée: spice-rubbed and smoke-fired rabbit with dumplings.

With Tuesday night's finding that a website wrongly included Penn College on a list of unsafe campuses, President Davie Jane Gilmour has updated the institution's response.

Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour has responded to a recent online article about campus crime, meeting the "disturbing" and "terribly misleading" headline with accurate statistics, an administrative commitment to student and employee safety, and confidence in the Penn College Police department's proactive enforcement efforts.