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Penn State McKeesport will hold a certified public accountant seminar from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, at the Omni William Penn Hotel on William Penn Place in Pittsburgh. Greg Fajt, secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, and Robert Freedenberg, acting deputy secretary for taxation, will open this one-day seminar for certified public accountants and enrolled tax practitioners. Participants will be awarded eight CPACs

Activities Planned for October 22nd.

Penn State McKeesport is holding a Thursday Night Coffee House series featuring notable local performers and artists who are currently on the national college circuit. The lineup for October follows:

The Penn State McKeesport Advisory Board will host its second annual All That's Jazz scholarship benefit on Saturday, October 15, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. in Penn State McKeesport's Student Community Center. Proceeds will be added to the Penn State McKeesport Scholarship Fund. Last year's event raised $21,050 for student scholarships, allowing the campus to provide scholarship aid to an additional 22 students. The Advisory Board has set a goal of $42,100 for this year's benefit, double the amount raised last year.

Temujin the Storyteller is a font of stories and lore about Africa and elsewhere, and a wonderful entertainer. He has performed across the United States, delighting audiences with his humor as well as his knowledge of Africa and African American history. He has been a performer at the local Renaissance Faires, and some may recognize him from his appearance in the movie Lorenzo's Oil. Don't miss his performance, starting at 12:15 on Thursday, September 29th in the Ostermayer Room of the SCC on the Penn State McKeesport campus.

The first event for the Fall 2005 Teaching Africa project will take place on Tuesday September 27 at 12:15 p.m. in Crawford 102 on the Penn State McKeesport campus.

On Wednesday September 21 at 7 p.m. in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center, Holocaust survivor Sam Weintreb will speak about his experiences as a survivor of Auschwitz.

Sam Weinreb Surviving the Holocaust September 21, 7:00 p.m. Abie Abraham Surviving the Bataan Death March October 19, 2005- 7:00 p.m. Larry Donovan Surviving a Korean POW Camp November 16, 2005-7:00 p.m. John Ungar Surviving the Quecreek Mine Collapse February 15, 2006 - 7:00 p.m. Ed Ezaki Surviving an American Internment Camp March 1, 2006-7:00 p.m. Michael DiLauro Documentary Filmmaker

"Be careful or the aluxes (pronounced a-loo-shas) will get you" is a warning taken seriously by generations of Yucatan inhabitants. Who are the aluxes? Why should one heed this warning? What are the consequences of ignoring the aluxes?

They stood in the rain and squinted through the rain drops, straining to see every item in the CSI Mobile Van. Young campers at Penn State McKeesport's Kids' Camp, a summer youth program sponsored by Continuing Education, were given the chance to see first-hand what it takes to investigate a crime scene just like the popular television series CSI.