Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

She has an associate degree from a well-respected institution and a rewarding job with one of the region's top employers, so what could be more attractive to Kathryn M. Barbera? How about a front-row seat for future advancement in one of the nation's fastest-growing fields without compromising her current position?

With nearly 1,400 students enrolled in the 2008-09 academic year, Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences is the largest of eight academic schools at the college. Now, the School of Health Sciences has established a scholarship fund to provide financial support for more of its students.

Health Sciences students who volunteered throughout the Little League Baseball World Series were featured in a WBRE news report that aired Wednesday on the local NBC affiliate. Jeremy Deebel interviewed physician assistant students Katherine P. Ordonez-Fall, of Williamsport, and Sylvia A.

Sixty Pennsylvania College of Technology students have joined other area medical staff to help with the Little League Baseball World Series through Aug. 24. Students enrolled in the emergency medical services and physician assistant programs at Penn College are volunteering throughout the series.

Thanks to work with a variety of subcommittees and contacts at James V. Brown Library, a "Health e-Links" kiosk has been placed in the Madigan Library to offer patrons access to health-related information.

"Identity Theft and Health-Care Compliances," the final event in Penn College's informative observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month , was held Thursday afternoon in the Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft. Speakers for the event were Monica R.

From background checks to forensic accounting, a variety of informative topics will be discussed at Pennsylvania College of Technology in the coming weeks to mark October's designation as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. "Cyber security is a topic that concerns everyone. We need to take steps to provide a secure online environment for ourselves," said Lisa R.

When 16 competing baseball teams and thousands of fans congregate for the Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport, nearly 60 Pennsylvania College of Technology students will take shifts at the 10-day event to help safeguard their health.

Two academic deans will end their Pennsylvania College of Technology careers this month, leaving a proud legacy for the experienced administrators who will succeed them. Wayne R. Longbrake, dean of natural resources management, and Kathie E. Morr Longbrake, dean of health sciences, will retire effective June 30.

Forty high school students a capacity crowd attended Health Careers Camp on Penn College's campus June 13-15, during which they attended hands-on workshops in many of the School of Health Science's laboratories. On the last day of the event, they toured Susquehanna Health.