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Dr. Ann L. Pipinski, Johnson College’s President and CEO, has been invited to represent the College at a State Senate Policy Committee Hearing being hosted by State Senator John Blake on Energy and Economic Development issues. The hearing will take place on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 from 12:30pm-2:30pm at Marywood University’s Nazareth Hall. 

Five State Senators will be in attendance to hear testimony from three different panels during the hearing. The panel that Dr. Pipinski is a part of will be representing education and workforce development. The other two panels will focus on economic and community development issues and industry. Up to 150 public attendees are expected at this event.

On February 12, 2011, the 2011 Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Bridge Building Competition was held at the Viewmont Mall in Dickson City, PA. This was the fourth year that organizers invited John DeAngelis, Johnson College’s Architectural Drafting and Design Technology Chairperson, to serve as a competition judge.

The Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Bridge Building Competition website explains, “The objective of the competition is to provide a scientific/educational learning experience that promotes a learning opportunity to encourage excelling in scientific and academic competence… This program hopes to encourage youth to investigate career opportunities in science, mathematics, engineering and technology.”

At the competition, Mr. DeAngelis and his fellow judges inspected entries to ensure that each adhered to the specifications outlined by the International Bridge Building Committee.

This year’s first place winner was Seneca Propst of Honesdale High School, whose bridge demonstrated an efficiency of 2998.236332. Winners advance to the 2011 International Bridge Building Contest which will be held in Chicago, IL in May.

To learn more about the Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Bridge Building Competition or to see a complete list of this year’s results, check www.neparbdgblg.com.

For information about Johnson College’s Architectural Drafting and Design Technology Program, visit www.johnson.edu.

2011 Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Bridge Building Competition entries

On March 5, 2011, students from Johnson College’s Distribution & Supply Logistics Program assisted with the Leadership Lackawanna Class of 2011’s “Electric City: Tracks to Our Past” project.

The “Electric City: Tracks to Our Past” project recently facilitated the renovation of Bay 4 located inside the Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton. Bay 4 can now accommodate new exhibitions and provide more event space for the community to utilize. In the future, this area will also house Transit Car #324 – one of the only surviving, original electric trolley cars that ran through Scranton in the early 20th Century.

Along with some volunteers, the Leadership Lackawanna team members performed the majority of the prepping, painting, and clean-up in Bay 4 themselves. For their part, Johnson College’s Distribution & Supply Logistics Program students helped by offering their time to perform touch-ups to paint and to complete general clean-up.

Bay 4 is set to be revealed to the public at a special 1920s-themed Speakeasy Soiree on Thursday, March 24, 2011 from 5:30pm-8:00pm.

To learn more about Leadership Lackawanna, please visit www.leadershiplackawanna.com.  

Johnson College’s Distribution & Supply Logistics Program provides students with the skills needed for entry-level positions in the field of transportation logistics management. For more information, visit www.johnson.edu or call 1-800-2WE-WORK.

Students from Johnson College’s Distribution & Supply Logistics Program pose with members of the Leadership Lackawanna Class of 2011’s “Electric City: Tracks to Our Past” project.
From left to right (Front Row): Brianna Corcoran ’11, Scranton; Meredith Flynn ‘12, Scranton; Linda Falcone, Johnson College’s Business Department Chairperson; Nancy Beavers ‘12, Spring Brook Twp; Xiaoyu Chen, Leadership Lackawanna team member; Heather M. Davis, Leadership Lackawanna team member
From left to right (Back Row):  Anthony Negri ’11, Dickson City; Mike Sena ’12, Scranton; Joe Casale ‘12, Duryea; Justin Clark ’11, Clarks Summit; Brian Rowlands ’12, Scranton; Steven Chan ’12, Scranton; Andrew Rickard ’12, Honesdale; Anthony Tomaino ’12, Scott Twp; Nicholas M. DeAntonio, Leadership Lackawanna team member

On February 23, 2011, the Animal Care Center at Johnson College celebrated its 7th Annual Spay Day. This one-day only clinic assisted residents of Lackawanna County with an income of less than $25,000 annually by offering discounted spaying and neutering services for their dogs and cats.

Spay Day USA was founded by the Doris Day Animal League in the mid-1990s. According to the Humane Society of the United States, “Between 3 million and 4 million cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies are put down in the U.S. each year, and millions more suffer in the streets worldwide. Spay Day shines a spotlight on spay/neuter as a means of reducing the number of homeless pets who must be euthanized.” This year, more than 700 Spay Day events were scheduled around the nation in an effort to control pet overpopulation.

The Animal Care Center at Johnson College performed a total of 43 surgical procedures during this year’s Spay Day. A great deal of volunteers made the event possible.

Along with the Animal Care Center’s own Dr. Colin Bullmore, local veterinarians from the Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center (VREC) volunteered their time and services to perform the spay/neuter surgeries. Those doctors included Dr. Lisay Chizmar, Dr. Molly Molloy and Dr. Sarah Muhrer. Johnson College Alumni Jolynn Lawler ‘07 and Christina Leseberg ’10, now both Certified Veterinary Technicians (CVTs), also came to lend their expertise. Dr. Rosemary Cook, Veterinary Technology Program Chairperson, shares, “Both Jolynn and Christina were here all day supervising the students as well as providing patient care. They were great leaders and mentors.”

Instructors and students from Johnson College’s Veterinary Technology Program, which is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), provided assistance inside and outside the surgery room. Students in the program are training to become CVTs. CVTs aid veterinarians by assisting in surgery, taking radiographs, evaluating blood samples, and more.

Additionally, a number of representatives from other departments within the College provided help, such as Joellen Cerra, Bursar, who handled payments. Kim Schuetrum, a receptionist from VREC, helped Corinne Dahms, the Veterinary Technology Department’s Administrative Assistant, with all check-ins.

Dr. Cook says, “We extend many thanks to everyone who made our 7th Annual Spay Day a success!”

Please Note: Johnson College’s Spay Day is a one-day only event. The College does not offer these discounted services at any other time.

From Left to Right: Sinea Gallagher ’12, Clarks Summit; Henry; Leslie Hunt ’12, Dalton

Nichole Blasko ‘11, of Hughestown, with Henry

Kristina Compton ’11, of Dingmans Ferry, with Tux

In January 2011, Johnson College hosted the Precision Machining Technology (PMT) exam for the SkillsUSA District I Competition. This is the sixth year the College has offered its facilities to SkillsUSA, which seeks to showcase the best career and technical students in the nation.

Andrew Zwanch ‘82, Johnson College’s PMT Chairperson, as well as a number of the College’s PMT students and alumni used their expertise to help administer the SkillsUSA testing to five local contestants.

For more information on SkillsUSA, please visit www.skillsusa.org.

Johnson College students and an alumnus help administer the Precision Machining Technology SkillsUSA testing.
From left to right: Timothy DeCicco ’11, Scranton; Jordan Pope ’11, Sunbury; Logan Tuttle ’10, Dickson City

A Johnson College alumnus assists a SkillsUSA contestant.
From left to right: Mark Oressey, a SkillsUSA contestant from Lackawanna College; Logan Tuttle ’10, Dickson City

The Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center (VREC) recently donated a DAIWHA Corp, Ltd. MEDIFUSION MP-1000 intravenous fluid pump to Johnson College’s Veterinary Technology Program.

The MP-1000 is used to deliver liquids through IV or epidural routes for therapeutic and/or diagnostic purposes. Students in the Veterinary Technology Program will be trained with this important device that is often used in the field.

Nichole Danova, DVM, President/Director of Surgery of VREC, states, “We highly appreciate all that Johnson College, the Animal Care Center and the Veterinary Technology Program have done for VREC and the veterinary community.”

Johnson College’s Animal Care Center offered its facility space to VREC and its staff in order for it to transition from concept to reality. In December 2009, Dr. Nichole Danova and others started a surgical referral service, then known as the Veterinary Surgical Center. The team immediately launched plans to move into a larger, full-service hospital space. The name of the organization was changed and its current location was established in February 2010. Currently, VREC, now a 24-hour, multi-specialty referral and emergency center, can be found at 318 Northern Blvd. in South Abington Twp.

Dr. Danova shares, “Johnson College allowed us to become organized and ready for the tremendous undertaking of opening a new referral and emergency center and thus did not just support us, but helped the entire community of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, animal shelters, emergency responders and most importantly pets and their families.”

To learn more about VREC, please visit www.vrecpa.com or call 570-587-7777. For more information about Johnson College’s Veterinary Technology Program, visit www.johnson.edu or call 570-342-6404.

From Left to Right: Jen Pleskach, Receptionist at Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center; Lauren Levish ‘04, CVT, Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center; Megan Biduck ‘08, CVT, Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center; Rosemary Cook, CVT, Ph.D., Veterinary Technology Program Chairperson at Johnson College; Nichole Danova, DVM, President/Director of Surgery at Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center; Lara Derr, Practice Manager at Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center; Kendra Lapsansky, BS, CVT, Veterinary Technology Program Instructor at Johnson College; Colin Bullmore, DVM,  Veterinary Technology Program Instructor at Johnson College

Friday, May 20, 2011
Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club

For more information:
Stephanie Orzalek
570-702-8908
sorzalek@johnson.edu

Registration information to follow!

Johnson College’s Student Life Department is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, February 10, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the College’s Moffat Building Gym. Each contributor that day will be entered into a special raffle to win a $25.00 gift card to a restaurant of their choice.

Those interested in donating blood can call 1-800-GiveLife to sign up for an appointment. There will also be representatives from the Red Cross at Johnson College to register interested contributors on Tuesday, February 8th from 10:00 a.m. to Noon and on Wednesday, February 9th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Moffat Café.

The pint goal for this blood drive is 25. Please come out and help us meet this goal. It can save a life!

Johnson College is located at 3427 North Main Avenue in Scranton, which is off exit 190 on I-81. For more information, please contact Christine Buckery at 570-702-8950.

The Winter 2011 Edition of
The Johnsonian is here!

Click the image above for the latest news from Johnson College! 

In This Issue: 

• A New Lease on Student Life 
• Alumnus Donation
• NEPA Fix-It Facts
• Center for Sustainability at Johnson College
• Alumni News
• Johnson College in the Community

Students and Alumni:
Save the Date!
 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
11:00am – 12:30pm
Moffat Building Gym

For More Information:
Roseann Martinetti
Associate Director of Career Services
570-702-8919
rmartinetti@johnson.edu

The Animal Care Center at Johnson College is currently accepting applications for its Annual Spay Day, which will take place on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.

This one-day only clinic offers discounted spaying and neutering services for dogs and cats. Residents of Lackawanna County with an income of less than $25,000 annually are invited to apply.

The deadline for filing applications is February 4, 2011 and will be strictly adhered to. Applications can be obtained at www.johnson.edu, by calling 570-702-8961, or by stopping by the Animal Care Center on Johnson College’s campus at 3427 North Main Avenue, Scranton. Incomplete applications or those submitted without verification of income will not be considered. Submitting an application does not guarantee that your animals will be accepted. Please no phone calls to check on the status of applications; Animal Care Center personnel will call eligible applicants to set up an appointment time.

This will be the seventh year that Johnson College has celebrated Spay Day in conjunction with the Doris Day Foundation’s Spay Day USA, which seeks to help control pet overpopulation by providing affordable spaying/neutering services. On the day of the event, the College’s senior Veterinary Technology Program students assist in surgical prep, surgery, and post-surgical care. Other volunteers include local Veterinarians and Veterinary Technicians who pitch in to make the day a success.

For more information on Spay Day 2011, please contact the Animal Care Center at Johnson College by calling 570-702-8961.

Johnson College student Stephanie Pherreigo ’11, of Old Forge, poses with a patient, Amico, during Spay Day 2010.