Spanos’ dish of squid ink pasta with crispy Rhode Island oyster, poached squid sausage, sautéed curry clam, batonnet zucchini, and pan roasted butternut squash in a saffron cream sauce thoroughly impressed the judges and the entire conference.
Representing Penn State, Harrisburg managing chef and culinary support specialist Athan Spanos won the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Culinary Challenge and earned a Gold American Culinary Federation (ACF) medal.
Kuan Huang, a graduate student in environmental pollution control at Penn State Harrisburg, took first place honors in The University Libraries Award for Information Literacy.
Stephanie Winkeljohn Black, assistant professor of psychology at Penn State Harrisburg, is seeking to bridge the gap between how mental health counselors manage religious beliefs and the type of understanding and care that their clients need.
