Penn State Mont Alto nursing students Brandon King, center, and Abigail Turner assist Kevin Sanders, left, a physician assistant at Waynesboro Hospital, in stabilizing injured patient i-Stan and preparing him for airlift to a medical facility.
Penn State Mont Alto forestry and nursing students participated in a trauma-training event on April 29, giving them hands-on experience with emergency and rescue care.
Role playing as i-Stan, forestry student Josh Hersl reacts to the pain of i-Stan's injuries and the emergency care he receives from forestry students. Susan Wells, instructor in nursing, monitors i-Stan's vitals via a laptop.
Chancellor Francis K. Achampong presented awards to students whose work placed highest from among 49 research-based projects during Penn State Mont Alto’s 11th annual Academic Festival on April 22. A crowd packed the General Studies Auditorium for the awards ceremony in the General Studies Auditorium. Sponsored by F&M Trust, the Academic Festival highlighted students’ best academic work for the year, including research-based projects, oral presentations, performances and informational exhibits.
Penn State Mont Alto students will display and present their best academic and artistic work during the 11th annual Penn State Mont Alto Academic Festival, set for noon to 3 p.m. April 22, in the Multipurpose Activities Center (MAC). An awards ceremony will be held in the General Studies Building auditorium at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend free of charge. The event is sponsored by F&M Trust Company.
Latrese Morris describes her research project to John Bardi, Penn State Mont Alto instructor in philosophy. Her project, which explored the weather and climate on various planets and moons in our solar system, received first place in the exhibit category during Mont alto's Academic Festival on April 22.
Kimberly Grace Cunningham accepts The Eric A. and Josephine Walker Award for Outstanding Student Leadership from Director of Student Affairs Andrea Christopher.
On March 2, Penn State Mont Alto hosted a Lucina childbirth simulator demonstration by CAE Healthcare. Attending the demonstration were 11 members of the Penn State community, donors who are passionate about health care training, as well as representatives from four area hospitals. The Mont Alto campus hopes to add the simulator as a training aid for nursing students.
