Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Alison K. Van Matter is joined at midcourt by her parents and coach Matt Wilt (left) ... ... and by her Lady Wildcats teammates. On Saturday, the Penn College women’s basketball team honored lone senior Alison K. Van Metter prior to the start of its game against Penn State Hazleton.

On March 1, Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve as a host site for the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ Association’s annual Sealant Saturday initiative. The event is scheduled 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Local Anesthetics for the Dental Hygienist, a 30-hour training course delivered over two weekends, is being offered by Workforce Development & Continuing Education and the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

Pennsylvania College of Technology will host two certification exams for the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2014. Exams for those seeking Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist or NSCA-Certified Personal Trainer credentials are scheduled Saturday, April 12. Registration deadline is Feb. 14. Registrations received by Jan. 31 receive a discount.

Jessica L. Bower, simulation laboratory coordinator in nursing education, guides a discussion. Health Sciences students and faculty fill Penn’s Inn with discussion groups.

Thirty nursing students at Pennsylvania College of Technology took the topic of community health literally when they put in time at the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank. The students are enrolled in a course called Community Health Nursing.

Participants receive appropriate T-shirts. Occupational therapy assistant student Gabrielle M. Leister has her face painted by a classmate. Decked for the occasion in glow paint, face paint and general pink splatters are, from left, pre-dental hygiene student Kirsta J. Ruble, pre-applied health studies: radiography student Gina M. Pucillo, and pre-occupational therapy assistant student Rachel E.

Dealers from H.O Penn-CAT engage in table topics with sponsored students from Penn College's diesel technology and on-site power generation majors. Amelia A. Seaton (right) and her Le Jeune Chef colleagues – Joseph M. Trainor, maitre d'hotel, and Susan L. Shannon from the restaurant waitstaff – inspire students in navigating the choppy waters of fine dining. Erin J.

Carol Savoy, a 1973 graduate, recalls trolley tracks and dirt parking lots during her student days. She is president of Savoy Contract Furniture, the company her late husband, John, established. Carol and the late John Savoy. It was the work of health care providers who helped during John’s three-year illness that inspired Carol to establish a scholarship for health sciences students.

All 24 students from the dental hygiene program graduating class of 2013 at Pennsylvania College of Technology passed the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination. The written exam assists state boards in determining the qualifications of those who seek licensure to practice dental hygiene.