Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

On March 2, 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.

Austen M. Kauffman, a pre-emergency medical services student from Myerstown, was part of the crew helping to fight a fire on Elmira Street in Williamsport on Thursday. His photo appeared in Friday's editions of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Through a "live-in EMT" program at the Willing Hand Hose Co.

Maggie K. Calkins, a pre-physician assistant major from Bloomsburg, has been chosen as November's Student of the Month at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Maggie K. Calkins Calkins, a Student Ambassador and second-year Resident Assistant in Campus View Apartments, is a member of the Penn College softball team and a former member of the Wildcat Dance Team.

The dean of health sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently completed a doctorate from Trident University International. Sharon K. Waters received a doctorate in educational leadership in June.

Radiography class holds "Pink Out" The Class of 2013 in Penn College's radiography majors, whose curriculum includes mammography, recently donned pink in traditional recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The students were asked to dress accordingly for test day in their Pediatrics class, earning bonus points for participating in a promotion so aligned with their field. Photo by Karen L.

Lacy M. Lose, an applied health studies: occupational therapy assistant concentration major from Avis – characterized as a "team player with a truly contagious smile" – has been chosen as the latest Student of the Month by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Lacy M.

Penn’s Inn was host on Friday to the State Emergency Health Services Council’s second annual Pennsylvania Statewide Pediatric Emergency Care Symposium on Friday. The symposium provided education for emergency medical technicians, paramedics and nurses. The symposium attracted 109 participants from across the state and featured instructors from both inside and outside Pennsylvania.

Members of the Health Sciences Living-Learning Community enjoy a night out with their faculty adviser at Faxon Lanes. Students ham it up during the fun, community-building break from campus and homework. The School of Health Sciences Living/Learning Community is well under way again this academic year.

Members of the Health Sciences Living-Learning Community enjoy a night out with their faculty adviser at Faxon Lanes. Students ham it up during the fun, community-building break from campus and homework. The School of Health Sciences Living/Learning Community is well under way again this academic year.

A member of the Pennsylvania College of Technology Foundation Board of Directors and his wife have created a scholarship at the college. Ray Mattie, a 1984 alumnus, and his wife, Michelle, established the Mattie Family Scholarship at Penn College.