Alumni News Articles

With his recent donation of precision-tooled items and other personal effects to the Pennsylvania College of Technology archives, Donald W. Stout has touched all three chapters of the institution's history as a student, a mentor and, now, as a benefactor. "We are so pleased that Don has donated some of his tools to the college to be placed in the archives at the Madigan Library," said Barbara A.

Two more Pennsylvania College of Technology alumni have been state-certified as horticulturists on the basis of their performance in a recent four-part examination. Kurt M. Boyer, of Lebanon, and Karl F. Womer, of Bloomsburg both of whom recently graduated with associate degrees in landscape/nursery technology passed the Pennsylvania Certified Horticulturist test.

In commencement ceremonies Saturday at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport, Pennsylvania College of Technology presented a Distinguished Citizenship/Humanitarian Award to Dan Vilello and a Mentorship Award to Susquehanna Bancshares Inc./Edward Balderston Jr.

An interview with Robert M. "Spyke" Krepshaw, of Elysburg, who holds Penn College degrees in information technology-Web and applications development and computer information technology-data communications and networking, appears in the latest issue of Y-Pa.

Scott Steiner, a 1998 graduate of Penn College's food and hospitality management major, returned to campus Wednesday to talk to students about finding success in a career managing dining venues at major sports and entertainment arenas.

Four Pennsylvania College of Technology graduates all of them working in their chosen fields and an in-the-know industry representative visited the Schneebeli Earth Science Center on Tuesdayto relate "If I Knew Then What I Know Now ..." The program, organized by Misty D.

Shawn Sidey, a 1996 Penn College graduate who earned degrees in culinary arts and food and hospitality management, returned to campus Nov. 17 to talk with students about coffee roasting. Sidey, trained as a chef, decided after several years of restaurant and catering management positions, to pursue his joy for coffee as a career. After managing three stores in a cafe chain called Brew HaHa!

Two alumni from Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will visit the college this month to talk with students about their jobs in unique hospitality niches. Shawn Sidey, who graduated in 1996 with a degree in food and hospitality management, will visit the college on Nov. 17. Sidey is a roasting supervisor for Starbucks Coffee Co.'s York Roasting Plant in York.

A Pennsylvania College of Technology culinary arts alumnus and in-demand creator of buffet showpieces will return to campus in October to share his expertise with students and alumni as part of the college's William C. Butler Lecture Series.

Brandon S. Sisino, of Cogan Station, whose Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award was announced last spring, was among those honored in a full-page advertisement in the publication Wednesday, Sept. 20. On Page R9 of that day's editions, Sisino was listed on a "Best in Class" honor roll congratulating all of the newspaper's 2006 award winners.