Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

A day before Saturday’s Summer Commencement ceremonies, students graduating with Master of Science and combined Bachelor/Master of Science degrees in physician assistant studies were celebrated during a “white coat ceremony.” White coat ceremonies are long-held traditions in many medical and physician assistant programs and symbolize the transition from student to health care provider.

More than 140 students have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology following the Summer 2025 sessions. A commencement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Journey Bank Community Arts Center, with 89 students expected to march in the proceedings.

Fifty-two first- and second-year students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s radiography program participated in the school’s first-ever Radiography Olympics, held July 22 at various locations around campus. The students competed in events designed to provide much-needed relief from summer clinicals, while reinforcing program components.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently partnered with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, making students in Penn College’s biomedical sciences bachelor’s degree major eligible to apply for LECOM’s Early Acceptance Program. The relationship grants qualified Penn College biomedical sciences students a provisional early acceptance to LECOM’s School of Pharmacy, School of Dental Medicine, College of Osteopathic Medicine or School of Podiatric Medicine.

Alumni from the surgical technology program recently returned to campus to reunite and reminisce. Sixteen alumni, who graduated between 1987 and 2024, attended the reunion, which included a tour of the program’s labs.

The campus opened its labs to middle schoolers during two sessions of My Tomorrow, a Penn College summer camp that helps participants preview a variety of careers. Fifty-five campers attended the sold-out events.

Before the Fall 2025 semester begins, Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Nursing & Health Sciences will welcome a select group of incoming students to participate in a two-week “Pre-Health Plunge” designed to prepare them for prerequisite coursework. Made possible through a gift from AllOne Charities, the pilot program is open to students planning to enter their pre-program semester in a nursing or other health science major at the college in August.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented DAISY Awards for Extraordinary Nursing to Nadine R. Lipinski, a student from Muncy, and Sherry L. Hyland, assistant professor of nursing.

Pennsylvania College of Technology nursing students promoted community health through a series of Donate Life events, designed to educate the community about organ donation and encourage individuals to register as donors. They joined student groups from 11 other colleges in the Gift of Life College Challenge, and it was announced in June that Penn College’s students finished in second place for their efforts and registered 265 people to become organ donors – the most of any college in the challenge.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has released its list of Spring 2025 graduates.