School of Nursing & Health Sciences News Articles

On April 25, the second-year dental hygiene class arranged a community outreach event: Spreading Smiles in Williamsport.

Students in Allen R. Smith’s Radiographic Anatomy & Positioning IV class recently displayed research posters in The Madigan Library. The posters are a culmination of two months of work that builds on the knowledge students gained in class.

Pennsylvania College of Technology bachelor’s degree nursing students – all slated to graduate this month – recently presented capstone projects that not only tied together their final three courses but also resulted in research-based innovations – some marketable, all usable in critical care settings.

A recent semester-closing learning activity for physical therapist assistant students also provided a continuing education opportunity for professionals.

Students in the physical therapist assistant program spent part of Earth Day planting trees on the land of Paul Huffman, a 1987 graduate of Penn College forerunner Williamsport Area Community College.

The Penn College Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society for nurses, recently hosted a professional development session in Penn’s Inn with Special Agent Alan McGill, of the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

A Friday funeral has been scheduled for Harry C. Specht, a faculty retiree and former Wildcat coach, who died April 3 at the age of 75.

A cultural interchange between Pennsylvania College of Technology and visitors from North West Regional College in Northern Ireland – a two-week whirlwind that was five years in the making – came to a close with memories indelibly shared and lives irrevocably altered.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's steadfast donors and their grateful beneficiaries came face-to-face at Sunday's annual Scholarship Luncheon, held in the campus Field House in celebration of the doors that philanthropy opens for students.