Academy of Culinary Arts Chair Chef Lynn Pike, left, and Shakyra McNeal, a student at the Academy of Culinary Arts from Verona, presented remarks at the press event earlier this year. File photo ...

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received a half-million-dollar boost toward the rebuilding and renovation of its Academy of Culinary Arts in Punxsutawney, according to U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT ...

Officials say it is part of IUP’s plan to construct what is being described as “a new educational and multipurpose culinary facility” for its academy of culinary arts.

The university and Punxsutawney already collaborate for the Academy of Culinary Arts and a branch campus. Officials believe this partnership will help maintain student interest in working in rural ...