Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology's meaningful tradition of choosing graduating students to speak at commencement exercises continued Saturday, as Kyle G. Stavinski delivered remarks that blended humor, humility, history and gratitude – both for the family and friends in his corner and for the alma mater that will inform his tomorrows.

A large contingent of Pennsylvania College of Technology students is set to assist the Little League Baseball World Series medical team when sports fans around the world focus on Williamsport in late August.

Six Pennsylvania College of Technology students and their instructor recently traveled to Nicaragua, where they provided dental care for students at a school for very poor children. La Escuelita (The Little School) is in the Santo Domingo section of the city of Managua.

With campus beauty all around, including the "Student Bodies" art installation spanning the campus mall, the group takes a shady stroll north from the ATHS. Stopping by the dental hygiene lab Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour (left) walks with Secretary Manderino and others alongside the robotic welding stations. Michael K.

One of Geisinger’s Life Flight helicopters provides a morning learning experience on the library lawn. Emergency medical services students listen attentively to practical information about Life Flight landings. Students get hands-on practice, securing a classmate to be “loaded” onto the helicopter.

John M. Arrigonie, exercise science faculty member, makes sure that participants are properly using the cardio equipment. Campers are introduced to weight training with the college's Precor machines. Upper-body stretching in the free-weight lab Arrigonie shows participants proper leg-press technique. Youngsters learn the correct way to bench press.

Paul “Babe” Mayer, who taught in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Fitness and Lifetime Sports (now Exercise Science) Department for 25 years before his retirement in December, has been approved by the Penn College Board of Directors for “professor emeritus” status.

Bambi A. Hawkins, learning laboratory coordinator for the paramedic program, shows a camper proper hand placement to create a “seal” when using a bag valve mask to provide oxygen. An important part of a fitness assessment, campers record one another’s blood pressure in the exercise science major. A camper uses a laparoscopic camera and surgical tools in the surgical technology lab.

This fall, Pennsylvania College of Technology will introduce its associate degree in exercise science, which grew from its former physical fitness specialist degree. The exercise science major provides an education in exercise physiology and human movement theory – or how the body responds to exercise.

Pennsylvania College of Technology physician assistant student Filippo D. “Flip” Borsellino, now looking forward to his final two rounds of clinical internships before graduating in August, encountered a doctor, a community – and a tragedy – that have helped to shape his goals as a health care provider.