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Jim R. Dougherty III, assistant director of classroom technology and A/V services, assists the president with the VR headset. Explorers welcome!

Furthering an impressive track record of civic involvement on Wednesday, Penn College student-athletes assisted with moving books from James V. Brown Library to Pine Street United Methodist Church for this weekend's Friends of the Library book sale. The fall tradition is scheduled from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the 444 Pine St. church.

Penn College is participating in Welcoming Week (Sept. 14-23), a national appreciation of international students and their collective contributions to campus culture.

CMA members celebrate their volunteer service with pictorial evidence of their record-setting accomplishment. (Courtesy of Rick Mason Photography) More than a dozen Penn College construction management students returned to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank this week, helping to pack boxes for the agency's Military Share program.

Tuesday's presentation by Bamonte (left) and Meredick ... ... will touch upon the wearable technology they explored in Finland, such as this temperature-reading bracelet. Industrial design majors Nicole Bamonte and Abigail M. Meredick will discuss their June travels to Finland during a presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, in Room 129 of College Avenue Labs.

With microphones in hand, Sinclair and Chappo encourage thoughtful dialogue in Penn's Inn. Pocket editions of the U.S. Constitution are front and center, reminding today's citizens of its ongoing relevance. A veteran of issue-driven campus forums, Miller keeps the conversation flowing. A library display includes facts, giveaways ... and a laptop for self-service voter signup.

A 1926 Ford Model T, traded to Alexander Nissan in 2013 by its Picture Rocks owner, has been passed on to Pennsylvania College of Technology students for use in a variety of automotive labs. Blaise Alexander Family Dealerships donated the historic vehicle that was recently offloaded onto main campus, accompanied by brothers Adam and Aubrey Alexander.

Culinary arts and systems student Jacob W. Parobek, of Seltzer, joins classmates to watch the storied Kentucky Derby from a rainy rooftop. On Wednesday, three days before the Derby, students, from left, Bridget M. Callahan, of Pottsville; Bailey L. Frey, of Watsontown; Bethany R. Taylor, of Moosic; and Stephanie C.

Donors were in the spotlight at two recent Bush Campus Center events: a Sept. 5-6 blood drive in memory of Patrick M. Breen, a longtime General Services employee who died June 25 at the age of 58, and a Sept. 5 "Be the Match" effort to find compatible volunteers for bone-marrow donations or cord-blood transfusions. Mindy J. Colony, first-shift custodian, and Charles J.

Don Remmey provides an overview of his pallet-making operation for Penn College forestry students ... ... and takes them on a tour of the manufacturing floor. Instructor Erich R. Doebler's Forest Products class visited Remmey, The Pallet Company, in Beaver Springs on Monday, gaining firsthand insight into secondary manufacturing and use of low-grade product.