PCToday

Carolyn G. Martin Memorial Scholarship Established at Penn College

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:15:17 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s longtime senior vice president has created a scholarship fund at the college honoring his late wife. William J. Martin established the Carolyn G. Martin Memorial Scholarship to pay tribute to his wife of nearly 42 years, who died July 10. Plans are for the scholarship fund to be endowed so that [...]

School of Health Sciences Endows Student Scholarship

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:54:16 +0000

Faculty and staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences recently established an endowed scholarship fund to benefit students in the school. Most of the money to endow the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship – making it a permanent source of scholarship revenue for the future – was raised through a series [...]

Health Careers Camp Helps High Schoolers Explore Occupations

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:44:08 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences hosted 36 high school students June 13-14 to help them learn about a variety of health careers. The Health Careers Camp, open to students entering grades nine to 12, offered hands-on workshops and the ability to network with Penn College students and faculty and working professionals in [...]

Health Careers Camp

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:43:56 +0000

Three-dozen high school students got a close-up look at potential professions during a June 13-14 visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Health Careers Camp. The ninth- through 12th-graders took part in a variety of activities in campus laboratories, experiencing School of Health Sciences majors, and toured nearby Susquehanna Health facilities. — Photos by Nathan D. Smyth, assistant dean [...]

Record-Setting Performance Lifts Student to World-Class Status

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:18:04 +0000

Tyler J. McCloskey, a first-year physical fitness specialist major from Quakertown, has ranked in the top 10 of the World Raw Modern Junior (20-23 age/242-pound weight class) RPS Powerlifting Federation. At the 2012 Barno-Newman & RPS (Revolution Powerlifting Syndicate) Master and Police Nationals on Feb. 18 in Allentown during which he set four Pennsylvania powerlifting [...]

Physical Fitness Specialist Major Earns Renewed Recognition

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:33:02 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s fitness and lifetime sports program recently received renewed recognition from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. This recognition status confirms the college’s educational program an associate degree for physical fitness specialist continues to meet educational guidelines recommended by the NSCA. The NSCA is one of the two top nonprofit certifying bodies [...]

Fitness, Lifetime Sports Faculty Member Presents Talks

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:36:50 +0000

In the space of four weeks early this summer, Paul A. “Babe” Mayer, associate professor of fitness and lifetime sports at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was the go-to speaker for four organizations. Well-known for his motivational skills, Mayer was selected as keynote speaker at the Loyalsock Township High School Girls Basketball Awards Banquet. The talk [...]

College Hosts Camps for High Schoolers Interested in Health Careers

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:08:10 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology hosted nearly 50 high school students on its campus on June 16-17 to learn about a variety of health careers. The college’s School of Health Sciences offered two activities: Health Careers Camp and EMT-Paramedic Camp, both of which were open to students entering grades nine to 12. The camps offered hands-on [...]

Students, Faculty Take Part in Correctional Health Fair

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:33 +0000

Penn College faculty and students from the dental hygiene and physical fitness specialist majors participated in a health fair at the Allenwood Low Security Correctional Institution. Topics covered were: oral health with Barbara K. Emert-Baldwin, instructor of dental hygiene, and four students; and Introduction to Functional Training, Health Risk Factors, and Cardio Exercise for Weight [...]

Library Forum Puts Focus on Fitness

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:12 +0000

The role of personal responsibility in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and avoiding the risk factors that can spell an early demisewas outlined by Judy Quinti, an assistant professor of fitness and lifetime sports at Penn College, in a Thursday forum in Madigan Library’s second-floor reading loft. The speaker, joined by Lynne Maietta, of Blue Health [...]