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C. Alan Walker, secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development, visited Penn College on Friday.

Williamsport's role in ferrying 19th-century slaves to freedom will be explored Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Klump Academic Center Auditorium. The free 7 p.m. lecture, "The Underground Railroad and Its Williamsport Connection," will be presented by Dorothy E. King, an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State Harrisburg.

The Center for Rural Pennsylvania, a bipartisan legislative agency that serves as a resource for rural policy within the commonwealth's General Assembly, held its quarterly board meeting at Penn College on Friday.

Students in Campus View Apartments sponsored a community-service project Wednesday to help local residents uprooted by recent flooding. The latest in an outpouring of assistance from the Penn College community, the on-campus residents pitched in with different tasks throughout the day, including making "snack packs" and cooking chili.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will present "Kaleidoscope," an exhibition that celebrates the many artistic facets of the college's alumni community, from Oct. 7 to Nov. 6.

The Gallery at Penn College will continue its "In Perfect Harmony" concert series on Oct. 9 with the return of alumnus Alfonse Ciaccio, who will present an afternoon of classical guitar music to close Pennsylvania College of Technology's Homecoming Weekend.

The business, art and storytelling of comics and graphic novels from anime to zombies will be discussed during a range of ComiXnite programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library in October and November. Partially funded with a $3,500 Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S.

Printing and Document Services is featured in the Oct. 6 edition of Insidedge, the newsletter of the In-Plant Printing and Mailing Association. Headlined " Penn College In-Plant Serves as Training Ground ," the article outlines the department's daily attention to excellence and its unique interaction with graphic communications students and faculty.

Freshman Melissa Lake (Winburne) was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Women's Volleyball Player of the Week for the period ending Sept. 18. In a 2-0 week for the Wildcats, Lake notched 15 kills, five aces and six digs, including a season-high 14 kills against Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Lake is having a solid rookie season with 65 kills, 14 digs and eight blocks.

Graphic designer David Carson has canceled his planned Oct. 4 visit to Penn College for personal reasons. Carson, the former art director for the magazine Ray Gun, was scheduled topresent a lectureas part of The Graphic Design Speaker Series.