Campus Celebrities Serve Up Scholarship Benefit
Published 04.15.2011
Fine dining and generous goodwill were on the menu at Le Jeune Chef Restaurant on April 12, as a complement of Pennsylvania College of Technology "celebrity servers" worked the dining room for donations to the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship.
— Photos by Whitnie-Rae Mays, student photographer
Campus luminaries aiding the cause pause briefly for a group photo. From left, are Brian M. Johnson, director of residence life; Sharon K. Waters, dean of health sciences; Kimberly R. Cassel, director of student activities; Marie G. Smith, assistant professor of dental hygiene; Fred W. Becker, dean of hospitality; Jeffrey D. Filko, assistant director of dining services, with his son (and "official money-handler"), Lukas; Elliot Strickland, interim chief student affairs officer; Layne E. Eggers, assistant dean of hospitality; college President Davie Jane Gilmour; Penn College Police Officer Jeffrey E. Kriner; Erin M. Datteri, assistant director of student activities for Greek life and leadership; Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost; and Timothy J. Mallery, assistant director of residence life.
President Gilmour artfully adds her finishing touch to a dinner plate.
Filko nimbly goes to any length – from tossing a pepper grinder to treading the impromptu dance floor – to entertain his dinner guests.
Gregory J. Miller, the Student Government Association's vice president for internal relations and a driving force behind the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship, acknowledges the evening's success.
Johnson delivers a gift from college Resident Assistants to Tracy's mother, Cheryl A. Ruch Garis, and companion Gilbert E. Bauder Sr.
Eggers supervises a busy prep line that includes President Gilmour.
Officer Kriner puts the squeeze on donor Christopher M. DiStasio, to the delight of the "victim's" Sigma Nu brothers.
Eager to serve are Datteri, (left), and Cassel
President Gilmour announces the evening's main course.
Miller beams, while Strickland exhibits the professional air that made him the night's highest tip-generator in the "Smile for Tracy" effort.
Dental hygiene students enjoy conversation and cuisine alike.
Campus leaders and their mentor celebrate a successful evening of fun, friendship and fundraising. From left are students Alyse M. Poswiatowsky; Miller; Randy A. Kuhar; Adam J. Yoder; Sara R. Hillis, assistant director of student activities for student services and involvement; and student Ashley M. Stuck.