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.
Volunteers from the dental profession convened in the Dental Hygiene Lab at Pennsylvania College of Technology on March 17 for the 10th Sealant Saturday community dental health event, for which they provided about $15,000 in free dental services to children between the ages of 7 and 15.
On March 17, Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve as a host site for the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's annual Sealant Saturday initiative.
A dental hygiene student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was recently named the 2011-12 recipient of the Bailey/Hollister Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association. Amber L. March, a sophomore from Montoursville, received a $1,500 scholarship from the association. She is the only recipient from among 12 dental hygiene education programs in Pennsylvania.
Kathrine E. Dixon, a dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration major from Houtzdale, has been chosen as the October "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The director of the dental hygiene program at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently began his tenure on the Northcentral Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center Board of Directors. Shawn A. Kiser was appointed to a three-year term on the board, during which he will also serve on the center's personnel committee.
Robin J. Gordon, a Pennsylvania College of Technology student enrolled in the dental hygiene: health policy and administration major, was awarded a scholarship from the American Dental Hygienists' Association Institute for Oral Health. Gordon, of Duryea, was named a recipient of the Crest Oral-B Laboratories Dental Hygiene Scholarship for the 2011-12 academic year.
Pennsylvania College of Technology recently hosted its inaugural Nontraditional Employment Opportunities (NEO) Guys event, exposing male teenagers to job opportunities in all areas and encouraging career choice based on interests and individual strengths.
Student organizations at Pennsylvania College of Technology have met a fundraising challenge from the college president, spurring a new challenge to help endow a memorial scholarship fund. Penn College's Student Government Association and several other organizations rose to the challenge from Davie Jane Gilmour to raise $2,000 for the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship.
Community volunteers and Pennsylvania College of Technology students and faculty treated 37 children on Feb. 5 as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's statewide Sealant Saturday initiative.
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