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In recognition of Radiologic Technology Week, the radiography students used their creative talents to make display boards for each of the hospitals affiliated with Penn College's Radiography Program. X-radiation was discovered on Nov. 8, 1895, by Wilhelm Roentgen; the technology celebrated its 114th anniversary during the week of Nov. 8-14.

Penn College students were among those participating in Friday night's Holiday Parade through downtown Williamsport. The parade traveled along West Fourth Street, from Market Street to the Santa House at Hepburn Street, where a tree-lighting was held at evening's end. Photos by Michael S. Fischer, student photographer

Pennsylvania College of Technology, through its Marcellus Shale Education & Training Center, will offer training at its North Campus near Wellsboro starting in January. The first offering will be an intensive 160-hour pre-employment program that will provide the safety and technical skills necessary for an entry-level position as a roustabout.

As it has for the past half-dozen years, Penn College again added to the tradition of the Toy Train Expo at Park Place over the weekend: donating a computer that was used to run railroad simulation software.

Vol. 8, No. 15 (Through Sunday, Nov. 22) Penn College Wildcat Tales During a week playing up against mostly NCAA Division III opponents, Pennsylvania College of Technology basketball teams went 1-6. The lone bright spot was a four-point win by the men over King's College.

While celebrating Thanksgiving with traditional foods and family fun, you also can "Gobble Green" with these suggestions from The Nature Conservancy. By eating local foods in season, your carbon emissions (food miles) are reduced. Let nature and your landscape decorate your table: Soy or beeswax candles rather than petroleum-based reduce soot production.

"Erasing Borders 2009: Exhibition of Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora," the latest presentation in The Gallery at Penn College, officially and colorfully opened Thursday evening. A reception, gallery talk and dance performance kicked off the exhibit, on display through Dec. 13 on the third floor of Madigan Library. Gallery hours are 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 2-8 p.m.

A member of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Hydraulics Club recently helped one of his instructors with a lesson at Curtin Middle School in Williamsport. Paul A.