This year's lone graduating member of the Penn College tennis team was recognized during a brief "Senior Day" ceremony prior to Wednesday afternoon's match against Penn State Mont Alto. James Kyle Hanjaras, a culinary arts and systems major from Montrose, was congratulated by teammates and members of the Athletics Department at the Memorial Park courts, where the Wildcats ultimately won, 9-0.
A baking and pastry arts instructor at Pennsylvania College of Technology was selected to compete in the final round of the second annual America's Best Raisin Bread Contest, sponsored by the California Raisin Marketing Board. Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts, will join 29 other bakers at the American Institute of Baking in Manhattan, Kan., Oct.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students will prepare a tea luncheon on Oct. 19 to benefit the American Rescue Workers Men's Center in Williamsport. Under the direction of Chef Judith P. Shimp, associate professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, culinary arts students in the Breakfast and Brunch course will serve an English high tea buffet, with poured hot and flavored ice tea.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will host an internationally recognized wine expert on campus and, as part of his visit, will offer "A German Wine and Food Tasting" to benefit international student programs at the college. During the Oct.
Pennsylvania College of Technology students will prepare free samples of dishes made with fresh, local food products at the Williamsport Growers Market on Sept. 12. Students enrolled in a Catering class offered by the college's School of Hospitality will prepare food on-site from 8 a.m.
Pennsylvania College of Technology honored three faculty members with Distinguished Teaching Awards at Spring Commencement ceremonies held May 16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The college's highest level of recognition for a faculty member − the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award − was presented to Christine M. Kessler, assistant professor of physician assistant.
Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were selected to attend the National Restaurant Association's Salute to Excellence, scheduled in Chicago on May 16. The event kicks off the National Restaurant Association's 90th annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. Penn College students Ashley M.
The Baking and Pastry Applications Class, the students responsible for the popular campus bake sales throughout the year, completed a semester-ending "trade show" project in the Susquehanna Room from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The show was a presentation of pastry product development, merchandising and marketing techniques, according to Chef Monica J.
Members of a Madigan Library audience learned how to reduce their ecological footprint by supporting local growers' markets, as Chef Michael J. Ditchfield, instructor of hospitality management/culinary arts, presented "Herbivore, Omnivore, Locavore!" a free public forum from 4-5 p.m. Thursday in the library's second-floor reading loft.
Two Penn College chefs and a culinary arts and systems student were the judges for "Iron Chef Williamsport," Sunday's charity cooking competition between pastors and teams from two Williamsport churches: St. Mark's Lutheran and Pine Street United Methodist. Pictured from left in the accompanying photo are Chef Robert A. Armstrong, sous chef at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant; Chef Michael J.
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