Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

On April 23, 16 Pennsylvania College of Technology physical therapist assistant students – joined by Victoria Hurwitz, program director – partnered with Trailing Pines Tree Farm to plant 170 tree seedlings for conservation. The farm is a partner of the Keystone Ten Million Tree Partnership/Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Tijana Mrkalj, a student in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s health information management major, was named one of two recipients of a $1,000 Pennsylvania Health Information Management Association Scholarship for 2022.

Students in the Community Health Nursing course recently provided a round of one-hour wellness courses for Pennsylvania College of Technology employees.

Pennsylvania College of Technology has granted faculty emeritus status to Dorothy M. “Dottie” Mathers, a professor of nursing who retired in December after 27 years of full-time teaching and 30 years of service overall to the college. Mathers began teaching nursing full time at Penn College in 1994.

Penn College's sixth Wildcat Egg Hunt – bigger than ever, after a two-year pause necessitated by COVID-19 – saw about 120 children scampering about the main campus lawn early Sunday afternoon. "We started filling the 3,500 or so Easter eggs last week," said Chet Beaver, coordinator of veteran and military services, who has overseen the popular event since it began in 2015.

Student Government Association senators representing Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Nursing & Health Sciences recently hosted a week of activities to show appreciation for student health care workers. Samar Alquraish, SGA senator for nursing; Angelyvette Santana, senator for health sciences; and Callie A.

Dental hygiene students Erica N. Wenrich, of Enola, and Lacey Decker, of Emporium, check for signs of oral cancer. The caring work of student Faith M. Matthews, of King of Prussia, gets a thumbs-up. Wenrich (left) and Decker join screening client Shannon L. Skaluba, student organization specialist, on the Bush Campus Center patio.

Brady L. Breon has been named director of Pennsylvania College of Technology’s paramedic and prehospital medicine program, overseeing the college’s bachelor’s degree in prehospital medicine, associate degree in paramedic science and certificate in paramedic practice. Breon had been an assistant professor in the college’s prehospital and paramedic program, having joined the faculty in 2005.

Day after day, and not just on International Women's Day, Penn College champions the hands-on effort needed to reverse the disproportionately low representation of women in the trades.

Boy Scouts from several Pennsylvania councils – and some from surrounding states – made their way to campus on Feb. 19 for Merit Badge College, during which they had their choice of 19 merit badge offerings. Expertise for the hands-on sessions – which ranged from two to six hours – was provided by Penn College faculty, who led the learning activities.