Students Articles

On March 2, the public is invited to view intricately decorated, multitiered cakes created by Pennsylvania College of Technology's baking and pastry arts students. "Butterflies" is the theme for the cakes, which will be displayed as part of a contest developed for the students by an industry leader in the world of wedding cakes. Students have spent about eight weeks of class time on their cakes.

Why would 21 Fortune 500 companies including heavyweights General Electric, PepsiCo, Honeywell International, DuPont, John Deere, Corning and Textron visit a career fair in central Pennsylvania in the midst of economic uncertainty? Because, experts say, even when the economy slows down, skilled, specialized positions can be hard to fill. Employers stay hungry for workforce-ready graduates.

In a continuing effort to make sure students have access to the support services that can help them succeed in their college course work, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Academic Success Center has expanded its tutoring services to new locations in 2011-12.

The Bison Battalion the Bucknell University-based ROTC program comprising Bucknell, Bloomsburg and Susquehanna universities, Penn College and Lycoming College assisted in Saturday's Boy Scout shows at the Lycoming and Susquehanna Valley malls.

On Jan. 25, Penn College's Sigma Pi chapter donated 20 gallons of soda tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Danville, culminating a group effort between the fraternity brothers and their families. "It took the brothers three semesters to collect that many tabs," Sigma Pi's Tyler J.

A charity drive to raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation recently benefited from the artistry and technical skill of a Pennsylvania College of Technology student who fabricated two pieces of metal art that were awarded as prizes for the event.

Students in human services classes at Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted two events on campus in November that together raised $4,600 for local and international causes. For the first time, students in the course Service Learning in Sociology organized a Gifts That Give Hope Fair.

Photo gallery Pennsylvania College of Technology announced the winners for its annual Food Show, held in December as a showcase for final projects in advanced culinary arts and baking and pastry arts courses at the college. Taking the Chef Eugene Mattucci Best of Show Award was a chocolate house made by Alisha M. Howell, a baking and pastry arts student from Waymart.

Construction management seniors Kyle S. Baker and John M. Kriner attended the ACE Mentor Program's College Night on Tuesday at the John Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia, where high school students spoke with numerous colleges about opportunities in architecture, construction and engineering. Baker, of Walkersville, Md., and Kriner, of Lancaster, joined faculty member Brad M.

Logan T. Richard, a May graduate of Pennsylvania College of Technology's ornamental horticulture program, recently learned of his success in the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist examination. The exam was administered in December by horticulture instructor Carl J.