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At a Thursday gathering in City Hall, Williamsport Mayor Gabriel J. Campana endorsed a food drive undertaken by Penn College's Students in Free Enterprise in conjunction with Campbell's Soup.

The chimes have returned at Trinity Episcopal Church in Williamsport where, in December, Jim Zerfing, the church clock's longtime caretaker, and students from Pennsylvania College of Technology climbed 100 feet up the clock tower's narrow stairs to replace parts that had fallen into disrepair. The students are enrolled in majors in the automated manufacturing and machining department.

Five Penn College students will be among the volunteers on a Spring Break church trip to help earthquake-stricken Haitians in desperate need of housing. Benaiah K. Tucci, of Ligonier; Anthony P. Grubbs, of Irwin; Zachary D. Zukauckas, of Newville; Brian J. Applebaum, of Huntingdon Valley; and Matthew A.

Student Health Services will continue to administer free H1N1 vaccine to Penn College students, employees and alumni through the end of February. There have been more than 85,000 cases of influenza-like illness since late August, and it is Student Health Services' goal to get the vaccine to as many people as possible who are at risk of suffering serious complications from the virus.

The seventh annual "Money in Your Pocket" campaign, through which Pennsylvania College of Technology students collaborate with the Internal Revenue Service and Salvation Army volunteers to help hundreds of area residents prepare and file their returns, will begin Feb. 1.

Four members from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' student chapter at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently donated their time and hands-on talents to update the heating system at Williamsport's 113-year-old Annunciation Catholic Church. Instructor David P. Socha, a member of the St.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's early childhood education major was accepted to participate in a pilot program that offers to its students Web-based lessons in the inclusion of children with disabilities in early education programs.

Exemplary Resident Assistants and events for November/December have been announced by Pennsylvania College of Technology's Residence Life Office. RA of the MonthJosh Wilson, an accounting major from Landisville who serves The Village at Penn College, was selected as Resident Assistant of the Month.

Eight Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently passed the Pennsylvania Pesticide Applicator Certification examination, a three-hour test that boosts their employability by adding a valuable credential to their job-hunting toolkit. "This definitely gives the students an advantage," said Carl J. Bower Jr., a member of the school's horticulture faculty.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students enrolled in the computer aided product design major wrapped up their fall semester with a high-flying hands-on project. The students, all enrolled in the Design and Production Drawings course, spent the last four classes in the fall semester designing and building catapults, trebuchets and similar medieval-style throwing devices.