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Approximately 500 local college students and volunteers from ��Ӱֱ�� University, ��Ӱֱ�� State, and Houghton College came together to perform a day of community service projects throughout Allegany County.

NASPA, the leading voice for the student affairs profession, has recognized ��Ӱֱ�� State’s leadership suites initiative as a 2015 Excellence Award recipient within the Civic Learning, Democratic Engagement, Service-Learning, Community Service category.

Held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Pioneer Center on the ��Ӱֱ�� campus, the event allows attendees to select from hundreds of new or lightly used prom dresses and take one home without any cost. People may also make donations that day, including dresses, shoes, and gear.

The “Meet the Candidates” forum will be offered to the entire ��Ӱֱ�� community on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in room 215 of the School of Engineering Technologies Building. Campus signage and volunteers will direct the public to the nearest parking areas.

Several members of the ��Ӱֱ�� State family were honored for their service to others Thursday at the ��Ӱֱ�� Village Hall during the fifth annual Celebration of Service Ceremony.

Fourteen members of the Women In Non-traditional Studies (WINS) Club assisted Santa in December by raising $193 through pop can and bottle returns and monetary contributions for an area family in need.

“��Ӱֱ�� State’s culture of civic engagement results in community challenges being addressed in a meaningful way,” Hilsher said, “even as student learning is enhanced through applied curricular and co-curricular experiences.”

If registered to vote in the village of ��Ӱֱ��, students can cast their ballots between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. at A.E. Crandall Hook & Ladder Company at 6 Main St., ��Ӱֱ��.

“We had a much larger turnout this year than we did last year, which is very promising to see,” Perry said. “I felt this year went very well, the weather was absolutely beautiful, registration went quickly for how many people attended, and there were no problems with transporting people to locations.”

Students had reached out to the Andover Haunted House Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization that raises money for a number of local charities, about their interest in assisting with the haunted house.