A total of 10 Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) students from Penn State DuBois, as well as two of their faculty members from the OTA program attended the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA) 2016 Hill Day in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 19. More than 650 politically active occupational therapy practitioners and occupational therapy students from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill to make their voices heard during the profession's annual advocacy event.
Pictured at Union Station in Washington DC are OTA students and faculty, left to right: Front row: Megan Uncapher, Sarah Lenhart, Searra Wasicki, Samantha Knepp, Senior Instructor LuAnn Demi.
Back row: Lisa Sargent, Lauren DeCarli, Tori Cepull, Cathy Provost, Ashley Mangiantini, Justin Kubina, Instructor Amy Fatula.
A group of young people interested in careers focused on wildlife conservation or research visited Penn State DuBois on Monday to learn about educational opportunities that could interest them. A total of 19 high school age students visited as members of the Wildlife Leadership Academy, based in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and they learned more about the Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology degree program during their visit.
Penn State DuBois Wildlife Technology Student Chelsea Beck assisted with the bird banding study. Here, she prepares to release a banded bird back into its habitat.
The first round of a nation-wide robotics competition for middle and high school students will take place at Penn State DuBois in October. BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) got underway on Saturday (Sept. 10) with the official Kickoff Day, as teams assembled on campus to gather information and the supplies they'll need to build their robot.
Attorney David Bish, of DuBois, has been named an instructor in the Administration of Justice program at Penn State DuBois. He has begun teaching as the fall semester gets underway.
Penn State DuBois men's basketball head coach Dylan Howard has announced the 2016 recruiting class. The team will include 13 new players to preseason this fall. The new faces will join nine returners from last season’s team that went 15-10 overall and earned the No. 5 seed in the PSUAC playoffs.