Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Leah D. Tamburlin, a senior nursing major from St. Marys, has been chosen as the Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Tamburlin, who is scheduled to graduate in May, is a member of the Student Nurses' Association and is employed as a part-time clerk in the Residence Life Office.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Harcum College, Bryn Mawr, recently entered into an articulation agreement that will allow graduates of Harcum College’s associate-degree major in dental hygiene a smooth transition should they choose to continue their education at Penn College.

Students in the Surgical Technology Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology gathered Sept. 16 to celebrate National Surgical Technologist week, observed annually the third week of September. Surgical technologists are an integral part of the team of medical practitioners providing surgical care to patients.

'Healthy Wildcats' 14 members stronger Fourteen Penn College students were trained as “Healthy Wildcats” at the Morgan Valley Retreat Center in Nippenose Township on Saturday.

Penn College faculty and staff were among exhibitors at the Williamsport Business Association's "Fun in the Sun Day" on Saturday.

Seventy-five students enrolled in physician assistant, paramedic technology and emergency medical services majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve at the 2013 Little League Baseball World Series, which attracts teams and fans from around the world and runs Aug. 15-25.

Area health care providers and emergency responders, part-time Penn College faculty, and alumni shared their insights with students and others during Thursday visits to main campus. The day began at around 8:30 a.m., when pilot Eric Smith landed Geisinger Health System's Life Flight 4 helicopter on the Madigan Library lawn.

A commencement ceremony will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, for nearly 250 students who have petitioned to graduate from Pennsylvania College of Technology after the college’s summer sessions. The commencement ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. in the Community Arts Center, 220 W. Fourth St., Williamsport. The student speaker for the ceremony will be Katherine P.

As an athlete, coach and teacher, Ronald E. Kodish has made a lifetime commitment to keeping fit and staying healthy. That purposeful pursuit will wind its way along Route 6 in the coming weeks, as enduring love fuels a memorial bicycle ride through the picturesque wilderness of the Northern Tier.

A nursing student at Pennsylvania College of Technology is among just more than 100 from around the nation selected for the Mayo Clinic’s Summer III Nursing Externship. Stephanie M. Snyder, of Williamsport, began her externship at the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minn., on June 3 with an intensive, two-week orientation.