Nursing & Health Sciences Articles

Students and faculty in Penn College's Health Information majors have had a busy spring, what with bachelor-degree accreditation, Pennsylvania Cancer Registry training and touring a renowned medical facility. Ten students (as well as faculty members Daniel K. Christopher and Michele M. Budnovitch) recently concluded 24 hours of training over three days: Joseph D. Finkel, Christiana M.

Pennsylvania College of Technology and Mount Nittany Medical Center recently entered a three-year clinical affiliation agreement. The agreement provides for use of the hospital's radiology department for clinical instruction for students enrolled in the college's associate-degree radiography major.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's health information management degree, which advances students into one of today's fastest-growing career fields, has received national accreditation.

Penn College was one of seven sites where students studying for careers in health care gathered for The Northeastern/Central Pennsylvania Interprofessional Education Coalition's third annual Collaborative Care Summit this week.

Volunteers from the dental profession convened in the Dental Hygiene Lab at Pennsylvania College of Technology on March 17 for the 10th Sealant Saturday community dental health event, for which they provided about $15,000 in free dental services to children between the ages of 7 and 15.

A pioneer in emergency medical services in Lycoming County will be memorialized through a new scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. William E. Henry passed away in October at the age of 56.

On March 17, Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve as a host site for the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association's annual Sealant Saturday initiative.

A dental hygiene student at Pennsylvania College of Technology was recently named the 2011-12 recipient of the Bailey/Hollister Scholarship from the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists' Association. Amber L. March, a sophomore from Montoursville, received a $1,500 scholarship from the association. She is the only recipient from among 12 dental hygiene education programs in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania College of Technology presented Brian M. Webster with an Alumni Humanitarian/Citizenship Award during a Winter Commencement ceremony at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport.

Kathrine E. Dixon, a dental hygiene: health policy and administration concentration major from Houtzdale, has been chosen as the October "Student of the Month" by the Student Government Association at Pennsylvania College of Technology.