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An alumna of Pennsylvania College of Technology's four-year accounting major has been included among the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants' "2006 Shining Stars" on the basis of a commencement award she received last spring. Laura A.

The Pennsylvania Economic Association has chosen Pennsylvania College of Technology as the site of its 2007 annual conference, to be held from May 31 to June 2 at the college's main campus in Williamsport. "At last November's PEA board meeting, I volunteered our campus," said Gerald D.

The next accomplished chef slated to work with students as part of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Visiting Chef Series has traveled internationally to share his skills, but, in November, he will mentor budding chefs in his hometown. Born and raised in Williamsport, Chef Scott Rowe's vast experience encompasses restaurants, private clubs and resorts.

Penn College played host to the fifth annual Pennsylvania Statewide Project Grass Conference on Oct. 20-21. The event offered informative seminars for farmers and marketers involved with grazing and selling grass-fed products.

A faculty member in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Business and Computer Technologies presented a paper at the 29th annual meeting of the Association of Pennsylvania University Business and Economics Faculty, held earlier this month in State College. Irwin H.

Terry A. Girdon, professor of business administration at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was named chairman of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education's Board of Commissioners during a recent conference in Paris.

Breakfast and brunch, prepared by Pennsylvania College of Technology students, returns to the School of Hospitality's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on Sundays and Mondays beginning Oct. 1. "Our Breakfast and Brunch class concentrates on one of our industry's favored styles of service: the brunch buffet," said Chef Judy P. Shimp, associate professor of hospitality management/culinary arts.

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.

Students enrolled in majors offered by Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality will take their skills on the road, providing catering services at Hunt Country Vineyards' Gourmet Harvest Festival in Branchport, N.Y., on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Participating students are enrolled in a Catering course at Penn College.

A business administration-human resource management major at Pennsylvania College of Technology has received a $1,000 scholarship from the local chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management. The West Branch Human Resources Society presented the award to Michelle L.