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On Thursday, Penn College hosted a talk for area health-care providers by State Secretary of Health Dr. Calvin B. Johnson, who addressed issues of health literacy. The event was sponsored by the Lycoming County Health Improvement Coalition health literacy task force to stress the importance of health literacy in health care.

Nursing students Samantha M. Carey, of Montoursville (center), and Angela M. Kubarek, of Benton, staffed an informational display in the Bush Campus Center on Wednesday during an ongoing observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Among those stopping by their table was Andrew S. Wisner, president of the Student Government Association and a welding technology major from York.

The American Red Cross and Student Health Services are "very thankful for the giving attitude of the Penn College community" for the continued success at Wednesday's Bloodmobile in the Bush Campus Center, where 170 pints were collected exactly fulfilling theday's goal. There were 63 first-time donors, and every pint goes toward saving another life.

Steven R. Parker, an instructor of environmental technology at Penn College, presented a program in the Madigan Library on Tuesday describing his experiences helping American Indian tribes nationwide fight "agroterrorism" the intentional attempt to compromise the country's food supply. Parker, an agroterrorism "master trainer," was contracted by the U.S.

Two Penn College librarians gave a presentation during the Pennsylvania Library Association's annual conference, held Oct. 14-17 at The Penn Stater Conference Center. Georgia R. Laudenslager (at left in photo) and Tracey Amey delivered a "poster session" about an audio tour of the new Madigan Library that is available via podcast.

Cross-country runners Greg Kammerle of Willow Grove , a graduate of Upper Moreland High School , and Tamara Pavlov of Lewisburg, a graduate of Lewisburg Area High School , have been named Pennsylvania College of Technology "Co-Student-Athletes of the Week" for Oct. 15-21.

The noncredit course "Introduction to American Sign Language" will be offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesdays from Oct. 30 through Nov. 20. The class will meet in the college's Center for Business & Workforce Development, 1127 W. Fourth St., Williamsport.

The National Science Foundation has granted Pennsylvania College of Technology and its four partners in the National Center for Aircraft Technician Training an additional $657,000 to continue their work for the next three years.

Greg Kammerle became the first Pennsylvania College of Technology men's cross-country runner ever to win back-to-back individual conference championships and Lady Wildcat Tamara Pavlov won her first on Saturday.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology tennis players won Penn State University Athletic Conference championships over the weekend at University Park and the Wildcats finished third in team competition. Robert Kemrer, a freshman from Milton, took the No. 4 men's singles title, winning in a tie-breaker, and then teamed with Alex Henry, a freshman from Rutherford, N.J., for the No.