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Local eateries will once again participate in ��Ӱֱ�� State College’s fifth annual Wellsville Ridgewalk and Run.

The ��Ӱֱ�� State College men's basketball team hosted a blood drive on Sept. 15 and had 74 donors participate. The Pioneers partnered with the Community Blood Bank on the effort for the second year in a row.

The Admissions Office at ��Ӱֱ�� State College announces an Open House program, Sunday, Oct. 17, beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m. in the Orvis Activities Center on the ��Ӱֱ�� campus.

Uncle ��Ӱֱ��'s Sub Shop has joined the ��Ӱֱ�� State College Campus Partner program. The program allows students to use their Campus Card debit account at area businesses who participate in the program.

Lisa Reynolds, Almond, a nursing major, was chosen Student Of The Month.

Reynolds’ nominator, Ashley Kehoe, director of civic engagement and student leadership programs, recognized that Lisa went “above and beyond this summer to make the new program ‘Meet ��Ӱֱ��’ a success. This program was designed for new students to move in a day early and get acquainted with the town of ��Ӱֱ��.”

��Ӱֱ�� State College will be accepting students in a new baccalaureate-level sport management program beginning fall 2011. Students may enter the program, which results in a bachelor of business administration (BBA) degree, as freshmen; students holding associate degrees in sport management may transfer into the program with full junior status.

Among the new hires are faculty members Betty Bedner, Sean Haggerty, Dr. Laura McDermott, Cynthia Paxhia, and Dr. Philip Schroeder, and staff members Brandy Avery, Mark Cragg, Joseph Kubinski, Patrick Lesswing, Erica Matteson, Stephen Schnorr, Deena Smith, LeAnne St. Gelais, and Myron Wilson.

��Ӱֱ�� State College’s Center for Organic and Sustainable Agriculture (COSA) hosted the 2010 Northeast Buckwheat Field Day in August. Sponsors included the ��Ӱֱ�� State College Institute for Sustainability, the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New York.

Dr. Richard Kellogg, professor of psychology at ��Ӱֱ�� State College, is the author of an article appearing in the most recent issue of THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, a scholarly journal published by The Dragon Press of Pleasantville, NY. Titled “Philip Wylie and the Atomic Age,” the article discusses Wylie’s contributions to the development of nuclear technology and reviews three of his pop

The Automotive Trades Department of ��Ӱֱ�� State College (Wellsville Campus), in conjunction with Tenneco, is sponsoring a “Drive and Ride” event on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wellsville Campus. This event is open to the public free of charge.