The following students have been named 2008 summer graduates at the Academy of Culinary Arts.
The academy, located in Punxsutawney, is one of only 112 programs in the United States fully accredited by the American Culinary Federation. Programs with ACF accreditation have met or exceeded published industry standards and are distinguished from hundreds of other postsecondary culinary programs in the nation. ACF accreditation is the maximum accreditation possible for culinary programs in the United States.
Summer graduates from Pennsylvania are as follows:
Adams County
East Berlin
Rachel Musser
Allegheny County
McKeesport
Kayla Shriane
Monroeville
Angela Held
West Mifflin
Jennifer Chichvak
JaVon Sanders
Armstrong County
Ford City
Tyler Hutchison
Kittanning
Peter Tolman
Leechburg
Michael P. Dunlay
Bedford County
Osterburg
Timothy J. Turner, Jr.
Saxton
Thomas Hood
Berks County
Reading
Dexter J. Hughes
Blair County
Altoona
Cathryn Frank
Duncansville
Zachary Ford
Hollidaysburg
Alicia Dell
Matthew Marks
Shawn E. O'Neill
Bucks County
Chalfont
John Hunsberger
Langhorne
Jeffrey C. Brunermer
Butler County
Butler
Samantha Blackwell
Katlyn Davanzati
Portersville
Steven Marshall
Cambria County
Carrolltown
Heather Mondi
Hastings
David Commons
Mineral Point
Shawn McGough
Summerhill
Kristie Breyer
Centre County
Philipsburg
Erica Pilgram
Port Matilda
Joshua Cattell
Clearfield County
Clearfield
Brooke Jordan
DuBois
Ryan Courtright
Vanessa Gangewere
Houtzdale
Jessica Hazel
Karthaus
Stefan T. Bamat
Mahaffey
Jessica McCracken
Morrisdale
Kathleen White
West Decatur
Taylor Lumadue
Crawford County
Meadville
Kimberly Walton
Cumberland County
Camp Hill
Whitney Pequignot
Dauphin County
Millersburg
Taryn Challenger
Elk County
Brockport
Toby Nashadka
Erie County
Erie
Jessica Brown
Ellen Lubowicki
Franklin County
Waynesboro
Windel Bautista
Ashley Murphy
Indiana County
Home
Steven Cribbs
Indiana
Maria Bird
John Henderson
Anita Pollock
Stephanie Silvis
Megan Smicklo
Jefferson County
Punxsutawney
Bryan Dickey
Adam Duminske
Erica Means
Stephanie Vasbinder
Lindsey Yeakle
Lancaster County
Adamstown
Megan Schweitzer
Lancaster
Peter Christoffel
Lititz
Leah Christine Riegel
Lawrence County
Ellwood City
Nathan Miloser
New Castle
Sara Bintrim
New Wilmington
Reva Douglas
Lebanon County
Palmyra
Derek Orris
McKean County
Port Allegany
Aaron Hepfner
Turtlepoint
Matt Bernardi
Mercer County
Sharon
Gabrielle Rahn
Northampton County
Bethlehem
Christopher Ferguson
Philadelphia County
Philadelphia
Jean-Marie Tomlin
Schuylkill County
Orwigsburg
Elizabeth Williams
Somerset County
Glencoe
William Raupach
Tioga County
Millerton
Mitchell Gruver
Washington County
Bentleyville
Andrew Russell Szuminsky
Charleroi
Haylie Santoro
McDonald
Tyler Manko
Westmoreland County
Apollo
Chris McDonald
Wyoming County
Factoryville
Kate Petrewski
Summer graduates from outside Pennsylvania are as follows:
Maryland
Frederick County
Walkersville
Alexsandra Snyder
New Jersey
Middlesex County
South Plainfield
Jennifer Vasquez
New York
Erie County
Hamburg
Michael Flynn
Ohio
Lake County
Perry
Lisa Merrill
Virginia
Henrico County
Sandston
Rachelle Brown