The owner of Pizzeria Beddia, named ‘Best Pizza in America’ by Bon Appétit Magazine in 2015, has dedicated his career to learning how to make the best pizza he can. But finding his way to pizzaiolo fame took Beddia along a winding path, beginning at Penn State Berks in the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management program.
This integrated pathway involves early and intensive advising for high school students seeking to earn an ABET-accredited engineering degree and also wanting the hands-on experience offered by the CTC and the Schmidt Training and Technology Center.
Hospitality management students recently created an innovative restaurant concept for the restaurant as part of the Advanced Food Production and Service Management course.
One Berks alumna — Corina Piller, class of 2016 — took advantage of the state’s shutdown to pursue a new hobby — creating soy wax candles, which has blossomed into a full-time business.
Both organizations have a core mission of supporting technology-based startups, and the services that they provide are a natural complement to each other.
Penn State Berks is launching a bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations to train students to fight cybercrime and to meet the growing need for cybersecurity professionals across industry, government and other organizations.