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Pennsylvania College of Technology's Homecoming brought together hundreds of alumni and students during a variety of events at the college's facilities.

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

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.

"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.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were awarded a total of $2,500 in scholarships following the annual Precision Heavy Construction Equipment Rodeo a popular event won this year by students from the college's School of Natural Resources Management. Penn College students captured the overall title at the Oct.

Penn College Counseling Servicesis sponsoring a local conference site for the 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Dayfrom 1-2:30 p.m.Saturday, Nov. 21, in the Professional Development Center's Tiadaghton Room. Counselors Mary Lee Kelly and Michael S. DiPalmawill be involved in the observance, which includes a live simulcast by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The role of personal responsibility in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and avoiding the risk factors that can spell an early demisewas outlined by Judy Quinti, an assistant professor of fitness and lifetime sports at Penn College, in a Thursday forum in Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft.

Students at Pennsylvania College of Technology will auction their works to benefit Greater Lycoming Habitat for Humanity during the School of Hospitality's annual Food Show and Chocolate House Auction on Dec. 4.