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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 [...]

Penn College Teams Take First, Third in Radiography Contest

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:22:52 +0000

Two teams from Pennsylvania College of Technology placed in the top three recently during a competition against students from seven other hospital and college radiography education programs. Fifteen students volunteered to represent the Penn College Radiography Program’s Class of 2012 in a “Technibowl” a quiz competition held at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center [...]

Penn College to Celebrate National Radiologic Technology Week

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:38:52 +0000

Students studying radiography at Pennsylvania College of Technology, along with the radiography program faculty and staff and the college’s new Medical Imaging Club, will celebrate National Radiologic Technology Week Nov. 6-12. Students developed educational posters for display during the week at three of the radiography program’s hospital affiliates: Evangelical Community Hospital, Mount Nittany Medical Center [...]