'Hospitality Day' Satisfies High Schoolers' Hunger for Career Ideas

Published 12.05.2014

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High school students gather around to watch baking and pastry arts students form roses from rolled chocolate.Students from the college’s Cakes and Decorations course displayed their Penn College Centennial-themed cakes. This honorable mention cake was decorated by Marissa R. Dimoff, of Mount Union.Students in the Advanced Patisserie Operations displayed a decorative table filled with their advanced bread samples.Culinary arts and systems student Brianna R. Helmick, of Hershey, prepares a chicken stir fry for visitors.

The School of Business & Hospitality hosted 300 high school students on campus Friday for “Hospitality Day.” 

The students attended a demonstration by Chef Charles R. Niedermyer, instructor of baking and pastry arts/culinary arts, in the Klump Academic Center Auditorium, toured hospitality facilities, a residence hall and other parts of campus, and visited the Thompson Professional Development Center, where Penn College students and faculty provided demonstrations and samples.