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In the coming weeks, Pennsylvania College of Technology culinary arts students will practice kitchen management skills as they serve a series of dinners featuring American regional cuisine in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant. Served Wednesdays, March 20 to April 24, each week’s menu features signature cuisine from a different corner of the U.S. – from New Orleans’ Cajun and Creole flavors to New England’s famous seafood.

Students in Positive Psychology (PSY 410) engaged in a field trip to Rider Park recently to learn about "forest bathing," one of many concepts associated with increased happiness, well-being and physical wellness. The class also learned about the offerings of the 867-acre park which is only a 20-minute drive from Pennsylvania College of Technology's campus.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's emergency management & homeland security major and its outreach to assist people with disabilities and emergency responders in Lycoming County was featured in a report on WNEP-TV Wednesday evening.

The delicious duo of beer and food was explored at the first “Cooking with Class: Meet the Brew Masters” event, held recently in Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Pennsylvania College of Technology's campus. The evening featured a reception, a tour of the college’s brewing & fermentation science lab, and a three-course dinner paired with beers provided by New Trail Brewing. Proceeds from the gathering are supporting the brewing & fermentation science major.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s baking and pastry arts faculty, joined by nine students, presented several educational sessions at the two-day Artisan Bakery Expo East, held at the Atlantic City Convention Center in New Jersey.

About 75 students and 15 employers attended a highly-successful Human Services & Restorative Justice Internship and Job Expo, held this past week at Pennsylvania College of Technology. "This expo was overwhelming in the best way!" enthused one student.

A memorial service will be Saturday, April 15, for Douglas M. Sherry, a part-time sociology instructor at Penn College, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 57. Among the survivors is his wife, Laura M. Dickinson, an associate professor of English-composition.

At Elwood, James Beard-nominated restaurateur Adam Diltz, ’00, provides an education in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine and Philadelphia food history.

From the Spring 2023 Penn College Magazine: The return of global experience courses in 2021-22 yields lifetime memories – both professional and personal.

Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor, the commonwealth’s chief fiscal watchdog, traveled to main campus on Thursday in hopes of filling paid internships and other positions from within Penn College’s business and information technology programs.