Pennsylvania College of Technology and Susquehanna Health recently entered a three-year clinical affiliation agreement. The agreement provides for use of the health system's radiology departments for clinical instruction for students enrolled in the college's associate-degree radiography major.
The president of Pennsylvania College of Technology's Phi Mu Delta fraternity has received a scholarship to attend the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute in Bloomington, Ind., this summer. Bryan G.
The School of Health Sciences offered an in-service for its clinical preceptors April 9. Darby Lewes, an English faculty member at Lycoming College, offered a workshop titled "Portrait of a Student as a Young Wolf: Motivating Students." The school offers the in-service annually to its preceptors, who can earn continuing education units for their attendance.
Regis C. Kohler, associate professor of radiography at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently asked to review a radiography textbook. Kohler reviewed "Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 7th Edition," written by Kenneth L. Bontrager and John Lampignano and published by Mosby.
In recognition of Radiologic Technology Week, the radiography students used their creative talents to make display boards for each of the hospitals affiliated with Penn College's Radiography Program. X-radiation was discovered on Nov. 8, 1895, by Wilhelm Roentgen; the technology celebrated its 114th anniversary during the week of Nov. 8-14.
Five radiography students at Pennsylvania College of Technology recently participated in a competition showcasing their curricular and technical knowledge. The five students were selected by their classmates to represent the Penn College Radiography Class of 2010 in a "technibowl" a quiz competition held at Penn State Milton S.
Mount Nittany Medical Center has pledged to continue a clinical-affiliation agreement with Pennsylvania College of Technology. The agreement provides use of the hospital's radiology department for the clinical practicum of students enrolled in the college's radiography major.
Class of 2009 radiography students Kate Anton, of Julian; Ann-Denise Reed, of Montandon; Aleah N. McNeal, of Williamstown; and Alyson J. Kern, of Mapleton Depot, were selected to compete in the Radiography Technibowl, a competition against other radiography students from across the state, at the Hershey Medical Center on Nov. 11.
During National Radiologic Technology Week, Nov. 2-8, the students from the Radiography Program designed poster boards to be displayed at their respective hospital sites: Evangelical Community Hospital, Mount Nittany Medical Center and Susquehanna Health. Students compiled information about radiation protection and the physics of radiography.
Robert Slothus, director of radiography at Pennsylvania College of Technology, offered input on the first draft of a radiography textbook to be published in 2010. Slothus completed a review for "Digital Radiography: An Introduction for Technologists," offering insight on the book's content and format.
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