PCToday

Medical Imaging Club Fundraiser Adds $235 to ‘Relay for Life’ Event

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:44:46 +0000

Penn College’s Medical Imaging Club recently presented Williamsport Relay for Life with $235, proceeds from a “walking taco” sale held at the end of the spring semester. Representatives of the student organization delivered their fundraising check during the May 17 “Relay” event, held at the Williamsport Area High School to benefit the American Cancer Society. [...]

Wildcats Buterbaugh, Hebert Receive Conference Scholar-Athlete Honors

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:54:22 +0000

Junior baseball player Cody E. Buterbaugh (Conestoga) and sophomore volleyball player Kelly R. Hebert (Wellsboro) were named the Male and Female John S. Egli Scholar-Athlete Award-winners by the Penn State University Athletic Conference on Tuesday. The award, announced at the conference’s end-of-the-year awards banquet in State College, is given to one male and one female [...]

Katie Kratzer Named PSUAC Softball ‘Newcomer of the Year’

Mon, 06 May 2013 18:47:53 +0000

Penn College’s Katie L. Kratzer, of Selinsgrove, has been named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Softball Newcomer of the Year for her efforts as a rookie in the 2013 season. She was also named First-Team, All-Conference. Both awards are voted on by the coaches of the PSUAC and are based on performance throughout the [...]

Penn College Approves New Academic Majors for Fall 2013

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:20:17 +0000

Four new programs in dynamic career fields – mechatronics, emergency management, applied technology and magnetic resonance imaging – will soon complement the list of more than 100 academic majors offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology. This fall, Penn College, a special mission affiliate of The Pennsylvania State University, will offer a mechatronics engineering technology associate-degree [...]

Radiography Students Raise Breast-Cancer Awareness in ‘Pink Out’

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:42:36 +0000

The Class of 2013 in Penn College’s radiography majors, whose curriculum includes mammography, recently donned pink in traditional recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The students were asked to dress accordingly for test day in their Pediatrics class, earning bonus points for participating in a promotion so aligned with their field. Photo by Karen L. [...]

Vermilya USCAA Women’s Soccer ‘Goalie of the Week’

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:05:07 +0000

Freshman Reda Vermilya (Turbotville) was named United States Collegiate Athletic Association Goalie of the Week for the period ending Monday. Vermilya did not allow a goal in two games, with the highlight being a 15-save effort against Lycoming College that ended in a 0-0 draw. Vermilya, a pre-radiography major, is ranked third in save percentage (.902) [...]

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 [...]

College, Mount Nittany Medical Center Extend Agreement

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:05:50 +0000

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Mount Nittany Medical Center recently entered a three-year clinical affiliation agreement. The agreement provides for use of the hospital’s radiology department for clinical instruction for students enrolled in the college’s associate-degree radiography major. As part of the agreement, Mount Nittany Medical Center provides $24,000 a year over the next three [...]