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Penn College Accounting Students Honored by State Association
July 28, 2010 - 11:16 a.m.
A student in Penn College's four-year accounting major has been awarded a scholarship from the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which also recognized two recent magna cum laude graduates as "Outstanding Seniors.” Nicole M. Giersdorf, of Williamsport, was chosen to receive a $3,000 multiyear scholarship from PICPA, an association of more than 20,000 certified public accountants working to improve the profession and better serve the public interest. Honored among seniors from across the commonwealth were Andrew N. Kroft, of Dover, and Hannah M. Yates, of Williamsport, both of whom graduated in May from the college’s bachelor-degree accounting major.
College’s Physician Assistant Students Transition Into Clinical Phase
July 27, 2010 - 3:59 p.m.
Penn College’s physician assistant program held its first Induction to Clinical Clerkship White Coat Ceremony on July 23, marking an important transition for third-year students from classroom to practice-based education. As it moves forward, the Class of 2011 will spend the majority of its time learning in clinical settings, applying skills by administering care to real patients. "The (white) coat is a symbolic transition from basic sciences to more patient-related care,” explained Paula D. Holmes, clinical director of the program. “It's more of a cloak of compassion that we expect students to take on in the role, which is more involved with patient care than it has been in the first three years of school."
Word Received of Automotive Student's Death
July 9, 2010 - 9:54 a.m.
Todd J. Moore, of Tioga, who would have begun his third semester as an automotive technology student this fall, died Friday, July 2.
Practical Nursing Program Forming at Penn College North Campus
July 8, 2010 - 10:16 a.m.
The practical nursing program at Penn College’s North Campus is scheduling pre-admission testing for the January 2011 class. The first day of class is scheduled for Jan. 3. The 12-month practical nursing program is offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Penn College. Students attend classes at the North Campus near Wellsboro and have clinical experiences at Laurel Health System facilities including Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital and the Green Home. If there is sufficient enrollment from Potter County, clinical experiences are scheduled at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital facilities.
Collaborative Senior Project to Have Lasting Impact
July 6, 2010 - 10:22 a.m.
Penn College students recently completed a collaborative project that fused the skills of students in the plastics and polymer engineering technology and manufacturing engineering technology majors. Three students – Justin W. Crowther, of Bear, Del., plastics and polymer engineering technology; Michael A. Love, of Manheim, manufacturing engineering technology; and David M. Huston, of Greensburg, manufacturing engineering technology – joined their senior projects to design and manufacture injection-molded plastic ice scrapers and the mold that will produce them on the college’s Nissei ES 3000 all-electric 160-ton injection molder.
College’s SkillsUSA Competitors Bring Home Silver, Bronze Medals
July 2, 2010 - 9:28 a.m.
Two Penn College representatives were among medalists at SkillsUSA’s 46th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference held June 21-25 in Kansas City, Mo. Robert W. Brobst, of Salisbury, Md., placed second in the Precision Machining Technology category, and Christopher M. Gayman, of Columbia, brought home a third-place medal in Aviation Maintenance Technology. Brobst is enrolled in the manufacturing engineering technology major, and Gayman graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in aviation maintenance technology.
Medical Assistants Complete Program at North Campus
June 30, 2010 - 3:27 p.m.
Graduation ceremonies were held June 21 for those completing the medical (office) assistant program at Penn College's North Campus near Wellsboro. Eleven students completed the nine-month clock-hour training program that prepares students for employment in medical offices and clinics. The medical assistant students completed 800 hours of classroom instruction followed by a 160-hour externship in physicians’ offices in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania and Southern Tier of New York. At the completion of all requirements, students sat for the American Medical Technology exam for certification as a registered medical assistant (RMA).
Alumnus/Student Intern Helps Penn College Visitors Beat Heat
June 29, 2010 - 12:42 p.m.
With a number of campus events scheduled amid the early-summer swelter – and the pending replacement of rooftop units affecting air-conditioning delivery to the Thompson Professional Development Center – a cross-college contingency was employed to help keep visitors cool. A Caterpillar generator, originally donated by Ransome CAT for laboratory use at the Schneebeli Earth Science Center, was pressed into action on main campus, and Joshua E. Henne, interning this summer with General Services, was put in charge of operating and maintaining the temporary unit. Henne graduated in 2009 with a degree in electric power generation technology (since renamed on-site power generation) and is a building automation technology major working with David P Socha, HVAC control mechanic, on the upgrade from pneumatic to direct digital controls in the northeast wing of the Breuder Advanced Technology and Health Sciences Center.
Penn College Student’s Game Available as iPhone Application
June 11, 2010 - 10:45 a.m.
A game created by a Penn College student has been accepted for sale as an Apple iPhone application. Available through the iPhone App Store under the name “WebCC,” the puzzle game (which promises hours of “dodging dangerous monsters, making bridges or collecting computer chips”) is the work of Kevin S. McKeever, Allentown, enrolled in the college’s information technology: web and applications development concentration major. “A year and a half ago, I created an action/logic game and published it on my website,” he said. “It quickly gained worldwide interest, and I thought that its popularity might make it marketable. Coincidentally, I saw that Penn College was offering a course on iPhone programming. Building on the information gained from the course, I completely redesigned the game to make it compatible with the iPhone."
Students Chosen for National Restaurant Association Tribute
June 10, 2010 - 12:33 p.m.
Two Penn College students – Rachel M. Emmons, of Washington, N.J., and Hannah E. Fisher, of Red Hook, N.Y. – were selected to attend the National Restaurant Association’s Salute to Excellence in Chicago on May 22. Emmons is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and systems. Fisher earned an associate degree in hospitality management in May and accepted the position of restaurant supervisor at the historic Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Mass.
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