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Phi Mu Delta and Kay Jewelers sold teddy bears and raffled a necklace on Tuesday, raising $800 for St. Jude Children's Hospital. The retailer and fraternity work closely with the hospital, which provides medical care to youngsters with no regard to a family's ability to pay, and collected its sizable donation in a matter of hours outside the Keystone Dining Room. Photos provided by Phi Mu Delta

A total of 23 white-shirted teams took part in this week's Black Light Dodgeball tournament, the first activity of the semester for the Wildcat Events Board.

Williamsport's role in ferrying 19th-century slaves to freedom will be explored Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Klump Academic Center Auditorium. The free 7 p.m. lecture, "The Underground Railroad and Its Williamsport Connection," will be presented by Dorothy E. King, an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State Harrisburg.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of the Madigan Library at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will present "Kaleidoscope," an exhibition that celebrates the many artistic facets of the college's alumni community, from Oct. 7 to Nov. 6.

The Gallery at Penn College will continue its "In Perfect Harmony" concert series on Oct. 9 with the return of alumnus Alfonse Ciaccio, who will present an afternoon of classical guitar music to close Pennsylvania College of Technology's Homecoming Weekend.

The business, art and storytelling of comics and graphic novels from anime to zombies will be discussed during a range of ComiXnite programs at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Madigan Library in October and November. Partially funded with a $3,500 Library Services and Technology Act grant from the U.S.

Graphic designer David Carson has canceled his planned Oct. 4 visit to Penn College for personal reasons. Carson, the former art director for the magazine Ray Gun, was scheduled topresent a lectureas part of The Graphic Design Speaker Series.

Pennsylvania College of Technology students, employees and alumni as well as members of the general public are welcome to enter their vehicles in the annual Homecoming Car Show sponsored by the Student Government Association. This year's event, offering prizes in 12 categories, will be held Saturday, Oct. 8, on the college's main campus in Williamsport.

Parent & Family Weekend 2011 offered a variety of activities for Penn College students and their families, including social events, educational workshops, brunch with the president, performances by the Wildcat Dance Team and other entertainment, tethered balloon rides, and trolley tours of Williamsport.

Visitors to Saturday's portion of Parent & Family Weekend engaged in friendly competition outside the Field House during the Intramural Family Spectacular at Penn College. Options ran the gamut from a foul-shooting contest to ladder golf and other leisure games made even more pleasurable by sunshine and free ice cream! Photos by Jeremy R. Bottorf, intramural assistant