Physician Assistant Articles

Shannon D. Synoracki, a Penn College physician assistant student, offers input. Small-group facilitator Barbara J. Natell, director of Penn College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program, and Darren Mensch, a student from Wilkes University, listen to another student’s perspective.

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

Students in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s physician assistant program were among participants across the United States celebrating National PA Week, held Oct. 6-12. Physician assistants across the country use National PA Week to increase awareness of both the profession and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Seventy-five students enrolled in physician assistant, paramedic technology and emergency medical services majors at Pennsylvania College of Technology will serve at the 2013 Little League Baseball World Series, which attracts teams and fans from around the world and runs Aug. 15-25.

A Hughesville High School senior was presented with the 2013 Peggy Madigan Memorial Leadership Scholarship at Pennsylvania College of Technology on May 23. Kyle Bomboy, of Unityville, will enroll in the physician assistant major this fall at Penn College. The scholarship – named in memory of the late wife of former state Sen. Roger A.

Flutist Jessica L. Gower recently became Pennsylvania College of Technology’s first participant in the Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival. The 66th annual festival was held over three days at Mansfield University, concluding March 17 with a concert conducted by Lt. Col. Alan Bonner, retired commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band.

Paramedic and nursing students interview a patient actor outside the Keystone Dining Room. Student nurses gather the vital signs of a heart attack patient outside the Fitness Center. A paramedic student sets a defibrillator. Students observe the action in the “emergency room” at Student Health Services after a patient arrives by ambulance.

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.

Faculty and staff in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences recently established an endowed scholarship fund to benefit students in the school.

More than 80 Pennsylvania College of Technology students are scheduled to help provide medical coverage at the 2012 Little League Baseball World Series, which runs from Aug. 16-26 in South Williamsport.