A student in Pennsylvania College of Technology's two-year health information technology major has been awarded a merit scholarship from the AHIMA Foundation, the philanthropic and charitable arm of the American Health Information Management Association. Carol E.
The next Medical Assistant class at Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus, located three miles east of Wellsboro, is scheduled to begin in August.
Seven students studying plastics and polymer engineering technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently returned from a study-abroad experience at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland. The students studied specialized plastics processing techniques at the university's Polymer Processing Research Centre.
A graduation ceremony was held recently for students completing the medical (office) assistant program offered through Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Thirteen students completed the program, a nine-month clock-hour training that prepares participants for employment in medical offices and clinics.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's North Campus has received four grants totaling more than $46,000 to award scholarships to participants enrolled in its practical nursing program, which begins annually in January.
Penn College's innovative Connections orientation program continued this week, as nearly 400 students and their guests recent high school graduates and nontraditional enrollees alike attended ice-breaking and informative sessions on main campus.
Student paramedics learning about mass-casualty incidents and the incident command system held a drill on Penn College's main campus Wednesday. "The simulated incidents put into practice the concepts of triaging 'patients' of different severity, beginning appropriate on-scene treatment and organizing the logistics to get the 'patients' transported," said Mark A.
Penn College's first group of plastics students to study abroad is in Belfast, Northern Ireland, through July 5. The seven students – Alan J. Tate, Williamsport; James C. Gorham, Mill Hall; Bradley J. Stroup, Mount Pleasant Mills; Ryan L. Newman, New Columbia; John E. Gudonis, Danville; Christopher E. Kohler, South Williamsport; and Brennan B.
About 300 new students and their families attended the first Connections orientation program for the Fall 2009 semester, held June 24-25 across Pennsylvania College of Technology's main campus.
Student leaders spending their summer as helpful Links in Penn College's Connections orientation program used part of their recent training to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
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