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STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE TRIP DURING FALL SEMESTER BREAK

Five Gannon University students will spend their mid-semester fall break on a service trip that also will double as a training exercise.

The students, along with two Gannon staff members, will leave for Frenchville, Pa., on Tuesday, Oct. 9, and will return to campus on Friday, Oct. 12. In between, the group will stay at an organization called Young People Who Care, Inc.

Gannon’s fall semester break runs from Oct. 10-12.

The trip is intended mainly as a training exercise for the five students, each of whom will serve as student leaders on the volunteer service trips that they and other Gannon students will make next year during spring break and after the academic year.

“Making a trip in the fall like this is a new effort and should be a valuable opportunity for these five students to further develop their leadership skills,” said Arlene Montevecchio, director of the Gannon University Center for Social Concerns. “They will also learn about simplicity, which is always a focus of our service trips. This experience will be a good reminder of why they want to serve as student leaders next year.”

During the trip to Frenchville, the students will spend the first day participating in leadership training and a retreat. Areas like community building, conflict resolution, and reflection on social issues will be the focus of the leadership training, while the retreat will emphasize Catholic social teaching, Montevecchio said.

The second day in Frenchville will be devoted to community service. The group will be working for Young People Who Care and helping low-income and disabled residents in Clearfield and Centre counties with home repairs and other tasks. Young People Who Care’s mission statement is, “Catholic grassroots ministry.”

The participating students are (along with the service trips for which they will be serving as student leaders next year): Bethany Herbold (Mexico), Brandon Kleckner (New York City), Andrew Pennock (New York City), Mallory Croston (South Dakota), and Kimberly Urbanowicz (New Orleans).

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Tuesday-Wednesday, October 23-24 – Nash Library Book Sale: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Thousands of books will be available in categories like fiction, children’s, history, engineering, business, psychology, science, education, and medicine. On the first day, hardcover books, videos, and audio books will be $2.50, paperbacks $1, and pocket paperbacks 50 cents. On the second day, all items will be sold at half price. Collect your spare change, because all proceeds will benefit the library’s book budget.
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Tuesday, October 9 – Council of Independent Colleges and Universities’ presidential meeting with foundation officers; Regional Campaign Event, Chicago, Ill. Friday, October 12 – Council of Independent Colleges and Universities’ Board of Directors executive committee meeting. Saturday, October 13 – Gannon football vs. Ferris State; Gannon Scholarship Celebration.

PRAYER CONCERNS

Please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we announce the death of:

Gary “Kody” Kochanowicz, father of Gannon student Emily Kochanowicz (psychology).
Joseph Patalita, father of Julie Srnka, assistant director, Student Development Programs.

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Ann Zielinski. Bob Cline. Brian Yaple. David Miller. Joseph Makowski. Carolyn Galleher. Harvey Kanter. Greg Moski. Kathleen Lieb. Ram Sundaram. Mary Vagula. Robert Oliver. Connie Stahon. Judith Mochoskay. Curtis Waite. Susan Carnes. Matthew Wolford. Cindy Mancini. Adam Anderson. Suzanne Hawryliw. Sister Min-Shik Kim. Dana Kosko. James Uhrmacher. Chet LaPrice. Ann-Elizabeth Lay. Kathleen MacMurdy. Ann Oshlick. Danielle Wood. Barb Roberts. Robert Rawding. Nicholas Pronko. Timothy Laher. Mary Draghi. Michael Latzer. Christine Rudzinski. Maria Kuklinski. Patricia Marshall. Jiangxia Liu.

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Free-Throw-A-Thon: Gannon women’s basketball coach Cleve Wright (right) is interviewed by Shawn Hladney (left) and Lauren Debick on 90.5FM WERG during the Free-Throw-A-Thon recently held in the Hammermill Center. The proceeds from the event will be used to help the Lady Knights fund their trip to the Cruzin Classic in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to be played Dec. 16 and Dec. 18.