Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Bambi A. Hawkins, learning laboratory coordinator for Penn College's paramedic program, gives students an overview of various skills stations on the north side of campus. A student crew maneuvers an ambulance through traffic cones west of the Klump Academic Center.

Geisinger Health System's Life Flight helicopter makes its 8:30 a.m. landing on the Madigan Library lawn. From left, N. Kim Johnson, flight nurse and part-time practical nursing instructor at the college; pilot Mark Boudreau; and Rory Stubbs, a flight paramedic and 2002 Penn College graduate in paramedic technology, explain procedures unique to an emergency response by air.

Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences hosted 36 high school students June 13-14 to help them learn about a variety of health careers. The Health Careers Camp, open to students entering grades nine to 12, offered hands-on workshops and the ability to network with Penn College students and faculty and working professionals in the health-care industry.

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.

A new scholarship fund that will benefit students enrolled in majors within the School of Health Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology will begin generating scholarship awards in the coming academic year. The Savoy Health Sciences Scholarship is an endowed scholarship fund established by Carol Savoy.

Two members of the full-time faculty at Pennsylvania College of Technology were honored with teaching awards during commencement ceremonies held May 11-12 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Excellence in Teaching Award winner Daniel K. Christopher with Pennsylvania College of Technology President Davie Jane Gilmour.

Penn College's School of Health Sciences hosted 110 participants at its annual preceptor eventFriday in Penn's Inn. The event which offers continuing education credits to those who attend, is part of the school's "thank you" for the health professionals who work closely with students while they are educated at clinical and fieldwork sites.

Penn College's School of Health Sciences hosted its fourth 5K Walk/Run on Saturday to support a scholarship for students in the college's health sciences majors. Net proceeds from the race support the School of Health Sciences Endowed Scholarship Fund, with the goal of building the fund to an endowment of at least $25,000, after which it will become a permanent source of scholarship awards.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's School of Health Sciences will host its fourth 5K Walk/Run on April 21 to support a scholarship for students in the college's health sciences majors.

The growing field of physician assistant is examined in the latest video added to Pennsylvania College of Technology's YouTube Channel. The four-minute video highlights the bachelor-degree major through the eyes of Matthew D. Stoltz, of DuBois, an August 2011 graduate.