Flutist Jessica L. Gower recently became Pennsylvania College of Technology’s first participant in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival. The 66th annual festival was held over three days at Mansfield University, concluding March 17 with a concert conducted by Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, retired commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band.
Paramedic and nursing students interview a patient actor outside the Keystone Dining Room. Student nurses gather the vital signs of a heart attack patient outside the Fitness Center. A paramedic student sets a defibrillator. Students observe the action in the “emergency room” at Student Health Services after a patient arrives by ambulance.
Maggie K. Calkins, a pre-physician assistant major from Bloomsburg, has been chosen as November's Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Maggie K. Calkins Calkins, a Student Ambassador and second-year Resident Assistant in Campus View Apartments, is a member of the Penn College softball team and a former member of the Wildcat Dance Team.
Faculty and staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences recently established an endowed scholarship fund to benefit students in the school.
More than 80 Pennsylvania College of Technology students are scheduled to help provide medical coverage at the 2012 Little League Baseball World Series, which runs from Aug. 16-26 in South Williamsport.
Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences hosted 36 high school students June 13-14 to help them learn about a variety of health careers. The Health Careers Camp, open to students entering grades nine to 12, offered hands-on workshops and the ability to network with Penn College students and faculty and working professionals in the health-care industry.
Three-dozen high school students got a close-up look at potential professions during a June 13-14 visit to Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Health Careers Camp. The ninth- through 12th-graders took part in a variety of activities in campus laboratories, experiencing School of Health Sciences majors, and toured nearby Susquehanna Health facilities. — Photos by Nathan D.
The growing field of physician assistant is examined in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology's YouTube Channel. The four-minute video highlights the bachelor-degree major through the eyes of Matthew D. Stoltz, of DuBois, an August 2011 graduate.
An assistant professor in Penn College's physician assistant program observed a somber anniversary with "In remembrance of Ground Hero: Ten years after 9-11," published this week by the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
The School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently appointed directors for its surgical technology and physician assistant programs. Scott A. Geist was named director of the surgical technology program. He comes to Penn College with more than 20 years of surgical technology experience.
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