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The funeral will be Friday for John H. "Jay" Hilsher Jr., a longtime faculty member at Williamsport Area Community College, who died Tuesday, Oct. 31, at age 84. Hilsher headed the printing department as an assistant professor of graphic arts technology at the Penn College predecessor, and owned Hilsher Graphics in South Williamsport for nearly 50 years.

Patrick Murphy's "Curly” (Caran d’ache on Strathmore, 16 inches by 25 inches) Patrick Murphy, who retired in 2009-10 as an associate professor of advertising art, will be among the featured artists during downtown Williamsport’s November First Friday. “Time and Recollection,” showcasing Murphy's artwork, will open at 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at Gallery 425, 425 Market St.

Racing to the finish, students in a human services class at Pennsylvania College of Technology are focused on completing an important assignment – helping to coordinate the third annual Community Challenge, benefiting the Salvation Army of Williamsport, which assists about 400 area families each month. Set for Saturday, Nov.

Hands-on projects provide great bonding opportunities for adults and young people who work together toward a common goal. That is the idea behind a new K-12 Student and Teacher/Parent Art Challenge sponsored by “Working Class,” a public television documentary series produced by Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA Public Media.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will benefit from the gift of a Ford box truck from Fish Real Estate and its president, Brent M. Fish. The Ford E-350 Super Duty box truck will be used by the college’s General Services department primarily, but will also be available to other offices and academic schools, including the School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies.

Several events put some shriek in the past week – not to mention those always-welcome giggles from the young – as Penn College ushered in the Halloween season. Students living in The Village Apartments provided their annual trick-or-treat hours for the campus community, followed by an evening carnival across the street.

Umbrellas were the most coveted accessory, but nowhere near as essential as the information that visitors to Pennsylvania College of Technology's Fall Open House carried home.

Pennsylvania College of Technology men’s and women’s cross-country teams reached new heights over the weekend, the college’s men’s and women’s soccer teams both are North Eastern Athletic Conference playoff bound on Tuesday and the wrestling team opens on Wednesday. The Wildcats are on the move.

PCToday continues its regular feature: welcoming new full-time and regular part-time Pennsylvania College of Technology employees, as reported by the Human Resources Office. Zachary J. Williams, regular part-time temporary Energy Management Technician Intern, General Services; starting Oct. 31 Patriciann T. Westley, regular part-time Dining Services Worker III, effective Oct. 30 Avery A.

Wail to the chief! A perennial good sport for student-focused activities, college President Davie Jane Gilmour elicits kindly shudders during a midterm "makeup" exam. Arms linked in solidarity, an entourage recoils at a jump scare. Benevolent bloodletting is the order of the night, as an all-in-fun trail of terrors snakes through the welding lab.