Physician Assistant Articles

The Pennsylvania College of Technology physician assistant program won the 10th Annual Student Challenge Bowl, which was held by the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants during its state conference in Pittsburgh on Nov. 6. This highly competitive event features 10 teams from physician assistant programs in Pennsylvania. Each program sends a team of three students and one alternate.

Penn College, which last week ushered in the 63rd Little League World Series with a cookout and an impressive presence in the Grand Slam Parade, continues to be a most valuable player on the event's support team.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will be well-represented by volunteers at the 2009 Little League Baseball World Series, taking place Aug. 21-30 in South Williamsport, less than 10 minutes from the college's main campus. Students from the School of Health Sciences will continue a tradition of lending their expertise to baseball fans and players.

Pennsylvania College of Technology honored three faculty members with Distinguished Teaching Awards at Spring Commencement ceremonies held May 16 at the Community Arts Center in Williamsport. The college's highest level of recognition for a faculty member − the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award − was presented to Christine M. Kessler, assistant professor of physician assistant.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's Physician Assistant Club will greet the new season by sponsoring the aptly named 5K Springle Walk/Run at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, on the college's main campus in Williamsport. The event, a club fundraiser and seasonal follow-up to December's 5K Jingle Walk/Run, will begin and end at Hagan Way (the campus entrance off Maynard Street).

About 40 participants braved Saturday's 25-degree temperatures for the first-ever Russell M. Trapp Memorial/Scholarship Jingle Walk/Run, honoring the founding director of Penn College's Physician Assistant Program and raising money for a scholarship fund in his honor. A summary of the event compiled by students Larissa D. Kryder, Physician Assistant Club vice president, and Nadja M.

The Russell M. Trapp Memorial 5K Jingle Walk/Run, benefiting the scholarship fund that honors the former director of Pennsylvania College of Technology's physician assistant program, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, on the college's main campus.

Students enrolled in the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology will partner with state and local organizations to administer free flu shots throughout Lycoming County in November.

An article by Penn College physician assistant student George L. Fichter recently was published in Cath Lab Digest. Fichter is a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist for Susquehanna Health.

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.