Braised veal, ginger pork loin, sea bass and creative bean dishes are but a few of the delectable entrees that will grace the menu when Pennsylvania College of Technology faculty and students conduct cooking demonstrations at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, scheduled for Jan. 6-13 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.
With classes in full swing for the start of the 1999-2000 school year, Pennsylvania College of Technology continues to realize enrollment of historic heights. At the three-week mark in the fall semester, the traditional time for the official head count, 5,383 full- and part-time students are enrolled in credit classes at Penn College.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology physician assistant student has been selected as the first recipient of a national scholarship from the Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology. Dan Gray, Danville, a senior in the College's B.S. degree physician assistant major, was presented $2,500 to be applied toward tuition, books or other expenses.
Pennsylvania College of Technology has been awarded $152,980 in state funding for continued operation of the combined New Choices/New Options program for the 1999-2000 academic year. A College match of $16,159 brings the total project funding to $169,138.
Erin B. Holbrook, Montrose, a Pennsylvania College of Technology student, designed the winning logo for the Williamsport-Lycoming Chamber of Commerce's upcoming technology exposition. Her logo for "techxpo.99" will be used in national Chamber publicity and on its Web page prior to the event, which is scheduled for Dec. 8 in Penn College's new Field House.
Michael Cieslak, Erie, who recently earned an associate degree in building construction technology from Pennsylvania College of Technology, received the "faculty choice" award for masonry. Donald L. Belles, acting dean of Penn College's School of Construction and Design Technologies, presented the award to Cieslak, who also received a toolkit from the Pennsylvania Concrete Masonry Association.
Electronics students at Pennsylvania College of Technology won the District 2 International Society for Measurement and Control Student Competition, held recently in Williamsburg, Va. The District 2 region covers the Eastern seaboard from Pennsylvania to the Carolinas.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student and a veteran of the local hospitality field have been honored by the American Culinary Federation of Pennsylvania's West Branch Chapter. Christopher Douglas Timko, a baking and pastry arts student in Penn College's School of Hospitality, was named "Junior Member of the Year" for 1999.
Two culinary students from Pennsylvania College of Technology were honored at the National Restaurant Association's recent "Salute to Excellence Making a Difference" awards banquet in Chicago. Delegates from Penn College were Deborah E. Wyland, Wilkes-Barre, and Jason E. Blaski, Luzerne.
Pennsylvania College of Technology is proud to welcome the student scholars who have been accepted into the Fall 1999 freshman class. These young men and women are among the top students in their respective high school classes. They are talented athletes, musicians and artists. They are active in volunteer service organizations. They represent the best of their generation.
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