Learn the ins and outs of ice cream manufacturing as knowledgeable instructors take you from “Cow to Cone” at the 133rd Penn State Ice Cream Short Course! We invite you to be a part of the oldest, best-known, and largest educational program dealing with the science and technology of ice cream.
The program instructs professionals in the nuances of commercial ice cream manufacturing. It is taught for a diverse audience, including personnel from:
-production and quality control
-research and development
-companies providing goods and services to the ice cream industry
-sales and general management of large and small manufacturing companies
In its 130-year history, the course has attracted more than 4,600 participants from every state in the nation and every continent except Antarctica.
The student roster reads like a Who’s Who of ice cream. Representatives from mom-and-pop operations and industry leaders have traveled to University Park to learn the secrets of ice cream making. Participants represent Baskin-Robbins, Ben and Jerry’s, Blue Bell Creamery, Borden, Colombo, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Friendly’s, Good Humor/Breyers, Haagen-Dazs, Hershey, HP Hood, International Dairy Queen, Mars, Inc., Nestle, Sealtest, Schrafft, Wells, and other well-known ice cream manufactures.