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When students start scheduling classes next week, they will notice Web scheduling will look and work differently. During the summer and fall semesters, Information Technology Services staff redesigned Web scheduling to be more user-friendly for students. This new design allows Web scheduling to work with any Web browser.

Thirteen Penn College students volunteered for the Lycoming County SPCA last weekend as part of the college's Civility Saturday program. Volunteers worked outside, washed vehicles, helped with cleaning and maintenance in and around the kennel area, organized and cleaned the lobby and gift shop, and were able to spend some time with the animals.

Students from Penn College's School of Natural Resources Management recently got some help from acknowledged authorities when it comes to digging in the dirt: a group of boys and girls from the Williamsport YMCA child-care facility.

Penn College's Horticulture Club, which regularly is involved in campus and community projects, has donated $300 to the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life effort. The student organization based in the School of Natural Resources Management and advised by horticulture faculty member Carl J.

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Hospitality recently catered the 18th Annual Gourmet Harvest Festival at Hunt Country Vineyards in Branchport, N.Y., and on Oct. 13, they joined the staff of the Penn Stater Hotel at the Penn State-Wisconsin game. The students are enrolled in a catering class taught by Chef Michael J.

A mass media communication student at Pennsylvania College of Technology has taken full advantage of the unique opportunities northcentral Pennsylvania offers to work on a national "stage" and gain experience that relates to his studies. Seth H.

A pair of Student Government Association-sponsored events raised $1,189 for the Student Leader Legacy Scholarship Fund, a scholarship program that encourages student leadership at Penn College. According to a final report from Cassie M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology did not expect − or budget for − an increase in its 2007-08 state appropriation, but when legislators delivered an additional $250,000, the college's administration and board of directors vowed to return the funds to students who enroll for the Spring 2008 semester.

The 2007 Homecoming celebration at Pennsylvania College of Technology will feature two events in which the public is invited to participate: Donkey Basketball on Thursday, Oct. 11, and the Penn College Homecoming Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 13.

Joshua R. Dyer, a welding student from Williamsport, and Ashley M. Stuck. a pre-surgical technology major from Lewistown, were honored at the Region H Act 101 Recognition Luncheon at Harrisburg Area Community College for academic progress during their first year at Penn College.