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Pennsylvania College of Technology's paramedic majors have been reaccredited for the next five years by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

Victoria Hurwitz, director of the physical therapist assistant program at Pennsylvania College of Technology, was recently recertified as a Board-Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist.

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently presented DAISY Awards, which recognize nursing excellence, to a student who showed compassion to an infant patient and to a member of the college’s nursing faculty, who was recognized for her caring attitude toward students.

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.