The president of Pennsylvania College of Technology has issued a fundraising challenge in support of a scholarship fund established by the Student Government Association at the college. President Davie Jane Gilmour announced that she will provide a dollar-for-dollar match, up to $2,000, if that amount is raised by Penn College student organizations for the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship.
The Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association will present its ninth annual free Statewide Children's Dental Hygiene Sealant Saturday on Feb. 5, with a local clinic at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Pennsylvania College of Technology presented a Distinguished Alumni Awardon Saturdayto Dr. Angela S. Lutz, who practices dentistry at the Children's Dental Centre of York.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's Student Government Association is leading an effort to establish a scholarship fund in memory of a student who died in a traffic accident earlier this year. Gregory J. Miller, vice president of internal relations for SGA, has initiated the drive to start the Tracy A. Garis Memorial Scholarship.
Pennsylvania College of Technology donated two dental chairs to the Susquehanna Health Community Dental Center. Given the Community Dental Center's rapid growth, Penn College chose to formally donate the chairs, which it purchased and installed at the center in 2007 to support student rotations. The value of the chairs is $25,894.
A member of the dental hygiene faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology was invited to provide input on a newly published textbook. Tammy S. Clossen, assistant professor of dental hygiene, is published as a reviewer for "Quick & Easy Medical Terminology," 6th Edition, by Peggy C. Leonard. The textbook is published by Saunders/Elsevier, 2011.
Five Pennsylvania College of Technology students pursuing bachelor's degrees in dental hygiene: health policy and administration provided dental care and education to the 105 students attending La Escuelita The Little School in Managua, Nicaragua, during the college's Spring Break.
Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences and Workforce Development & Continuing Education completed the college's first local-anesthesia training program for dental hygienists. Thirty-one dental hygienists completed the 30-hour training program, Local Anesthetics for the Dental Hygienist, on March 14. The program featured Dr.
A number of Penn College students were on hand for the eighth annual Kid's Day at the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum in South Williamsport on Saturday.
Penn College dental hygiene students recently visited Avis Elementary School, where they provided education in each classroom. Among the students involved were Brittney L. Flannery, of Muncy, and Diana L. Geedey, of Mifflintown, whosevisit with a kindergarten class is highlighted on the school's Web site.
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