Student Conference 2025

April 2025, the Inaugural Student Conference took place at Gwynedd Mercy University. Area Respiratory Programs gathered for pre-graduate information that will take them through graduation, studying for NBRC exams, interviewing and more.

The afternoon, the students were spotlighted during our first Student Sputum Bowl post pandemic. Many teams rivaled for their opportunity to take home the title of Pennsylvania Student Sputum Bowl and travel to Phoenix to compete with students from across the USA!

Congratulations to West Chester University!

Special Thanks to Melissa Ash on her work on making this event a success!!

The Pennsylvania Student Sputum Bowl Winning Team "The Boogies" from West Chester/Bryn Mawr Hospital Respiratory Care Program

Hospital Exhibitors...

Many thanks to the Hospital Exhibitors for their support of this endeavor...

Speakers...

Test Taking Tips by Randy Solly, Oh the Places an RT Can Go presented by Eileen Censullo, Interview/Resume Skills by Karen Kofalt, and a panel of recent graduates provided a question and answer session for students.

Awards...

Student Awards were distributed to those present:

Ebony Garrett from Community College of Philadelphia Respiratory Care Technology
Aditi Shah from Gwynedd Mercy University
Meghan McKannan from West Chester University/Bryn Mawr Hospital Respiratory Care Program

And a LONG OVERDUE award was finally distributed to Barb Schuster for her Award 2019 Education Practitioner of the Year!!

Congratulations to all students and to Barb!!