BSN Leadership Luncheon – Recognizing Graduating students, Leadership preceptors, and our Community partnerships

At the completion of Spring and Fall terms, the SPC Nursing program recognizes our graduating BSN students and the contributions of our preceptors in the Leadership practicum course. Preceptors share their time and expertise with our students to foster their growth as future nursing leaders. This year, one of our BayCare community partners designed a … Continue reading BSN Leadership Luncheon – Recognizing Graduating students, Leadership preceptors, and our Community partnerships

Pet adoption surprise for SPC Vet Tech student

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Danielle Cochrane, a first-year Veterinary Technology student at St. Petersburg College, received the best surprise right before the holidays. The college’s Vet Tech students are asked to foster pets in their homes to help prepare the animals for adoption. Over the Thanksgiving break, Danielle took home a 1.5-year- old mixed breed terrier named Walker. The bond between the … Continue reading Pet adoption surprise for SPC Vet Tech student

COHS Fall 2015 Capstone Showcase Highlights

School projects are more than just assignments to be submitted for grading and forgotten. They allow students to develop and refine skills that will help them succeed in the future. These accomplishments should be shared and celebrated. On December 3rd, 2015, this happened when 24 students from across the College of Health Sciences (Dental Hygiene … Continue reading COHS Fall 2015 Capstone Showcase Highlights

Respiratory Care Student Club accepted into the profession’s National Honor Society

The St. Petersburg College (SPC) Respiratory Care program, like many programs at SPC, has an active and involved student club.  Several months ago the students in this club elected to pursue a membership charter into the Lambda Beta Society, which is the national honor society for the profession of Respiratory Care. The program has just … Continue reading Respiratory Care Student Club accepted into the profession’s National Honor Society

Radiography Program Fall Class Picnic Follow-up

Once again, the class picnic was a huge success.  All of our current students and program faculty were in attendance.  Several of our clinical instructors and a handful of graduates were also able to join in on the festivities.  This celebration was in honor of our second year students as they matriculate into the workforce … Continue reading Radiography Program Fall Class Picnic Follow-up

International partnership with the Universidad El Bosque

International Partnership with the Universidad El Bosque

This month, the St. Petersburg College Health Education Center hosted a reception for Dr. Rita Cecilia Plata de Silva from the Universidad El Bosque in Bogota, Colombia, as part of an initiative to develop an international partnership between the SPC College of Nursing and the Universidad  El Bosque nursing program. Last month, Dr. Susan Baker, SPC’s dean … Continue reading International partnership with the Universidad El Bosque