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A "Cure the Blues Jazz Fest," among Black History Month activities at Pennsylvania College of Technology, will be held from 2 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in the Field House on the college's main campus in Williamsport.

Penn College baking and pastry arts students will help provide the goodies for the Williamsport Civic Chorus' "Coffee and Dessert" concert to be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at Park Place, 800 W. Fourth St. The concert will feature songs about coffee and desserts, as well as appropriately coffee and wonderful desserts from the collegeand sixother local vendors.

Nearly two dozen students from seven area schools Keystone Central Career and Technology Center, Williamsport Area High School, SUN Area Technical Institute, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational Technical School, Schuylkill Technology Center-South Campus, Lycoming Career and Technology Center, and Northumberland Co. Area Vocational Technical School visited Penn College on Jan.

Author Daryl Davis will discuss his near-incredible interaction with the Ku Klux Klan when he brings his battle against racism to Pennsylvania College of Technology on Monday, Feb. 15.

Nearly 150 pints of blood were collected at the Jan. 20 Red Cross Bloodmobile in Penn's Inn short of expectations, but, as every pint goes toward saving another life, a worthy effort nonetheless. Student and faculty/staff donors contributed 147 pints (135 whole-blood donations and 12 pints through the double-red-cell process) in the daylong visit. The next campus Bloodmobile will be April 28.

The Gallery at Penn College, on the third floor of Madigan Library, is hosting "Cipher," a collection of ceramic works by Shalya Marsh, through Feb 9. An opening reception was held there Tuesday evening; other activities included an artist's lecture in the SASC and a follow-up talk in the gallery. Hours for the exhibit are 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 2-8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 11 a.m.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host its spring Visiting Chef Series Feb. 17-19, welcoming Chef DeJuan Roy, executive chef of 95 Cordova at the historic Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine, Fla. While at the college, Roy will work alongside students, sharing his expertise as they prepare a benefit dinner on Friday, Feb. 19, that will conclude the stay.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's SkillsUSA student organization will host six District 6 skills competitions at the college on Jan. 29. SkillsUSA is a national student organization that, in an effort to alleviate skills shortages in the workforce, develops employability, participatory and leadership skills.

The Financial Aid Office at Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer free sessions on the main campus in Williamsport in February and March to help students, prospective students and families understand how to complete the 2010-11 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

The youngest daughter of Malcolm X challenged Penn College students to find personal meaning in Martin Luther King's words Monday night, issuing a potentially rewarding writing assignment in the process.