Clarion University–Venango Campus

Educational Partnerships

Clarion University–Venango Campus has more than doubled its enrollment in recent years due in large part to its growing network of

partners in: Business

Industry

Health Care

Education

Venango Campus

These partnerships have enabled Clarion University–Venango Campus

to: • Enhance and expand programs

• Extend outreach

• Share facilities and resources

• Meet the changing needs of the Commonwealth and its workforce in a dynamic and cost-effective manner

All partners are accredited, certified, licensed or otherwise

approved in their areas of instructional specialization.

Associate of Applied Sciencein Industrial Technology (AAS-IT) and Administration Technology (AAS-AT)

• 6 Partners• 23 Concentrations

EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

TECHNICAL CONCENTRATIONS

FirstEnergy Corporation,Akron, OH

•Electric Utility Technology

The Learning Center,Seneca, PA

•Computer and Network Administration

•Office Technology

National Hardwood Lumber Assn., Memphis, TN

•Hardwood Lumber Inspection

Precision Manufacturing InstituteMeadville, Ridgway, and Sharon, PA

•CNC Maintenance & CNC Programming•Electrical Arc Welding•Electromechanical Technology•Grinding Specialist•Industrial Robotics Technology•Industrial Robotics Maintenance

•Milling Specialist•Plastics Technology•Quality Control•Tool, Die, Mold Technology•Tooling & EDM Technology•Tooling & Machining Technology

Preferred Systems, Inc.Erie, PA

•Insurance

Triangle TechBethlehem, DuBois, Erie, Greensburg, Pittsburgh & Sunbury, PA

•CADD: Architectural •CADD: Mechanical•Carpentry & Construction Technology•Electricity: Maintenance & Construction

•Refrigeration, Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning•Welding & Fabrication Technology

Goals of the Applied Technology Program• Provide the future workforce with skills

needed for chosen technical fields

• Ensure that graduates have the educational foundation to move into future management positions

• Meet the ever-changing needs of regional employers and workforce through an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to course delivery

• Help to keep jobs—and the people who need them—in our region

Program Flexibility and Quality

• Students attend full-time or part-time

• Students may begin at university or at partnership institution or attend both simultaneously

• New offering in Ridgway/St. Marys (Elk County) for 25 displaced workers in partnership with Precision Manufacturing Institute

• AAS-IT is a candidate for National Accreditation from Association of Technology, Management, and Applied Engineering (ATMAE)

Associate of Science in Allied Health

Educational Partner: West Penn Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA

• Offered at West Penn Hospital

• West Penn’s Nursing Diploma Program (NLNAC Accredited) provides technical curriculum

• Clarion University offers general education and support courses for Clarion’s AS in Allied Health degree

• Entrée to BSN and MSN programs

• Future partnerships/concentrations envisioned in other Allied Health areas

Associate of Science in Respiratory CareDeveloped in response to regional and national shortage of

Respiratory Therapists brought to the attention of the University by the hospitals with which the University formed a Consortium

Consortium Partners: • Clarion University • UPMC Northwest in Seneca, PA • UPMC Horizon in Sharon and Greenville, PA

• Students complete 2 semesters of general education at Clarion University–Venango Campus followed by a 14-month clinical education program at UPMC Northwest and affiliated clinical sites

• Candidate for National Accreditation from the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC)

Associate of Science in Respiratory CareClinical Partners:• Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Kittanning, PA• Butler Health System, Butler, PA• Clarion Hospital, Clarion, PA• DuBois Regional Medical Center, DuBois, PA • Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA• Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, PA• Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Cleveland, OH• Sugar Creek Rest, Worthington, PA• UPMC Northwest, Seneca, PA• UPMC Horizon, Sharon, PA• UPMC Horizon, Greenville, PA • UPMC Passavant, Pittsburgh, PA• Vantage Home Health, Meadville, PA

Associate of Science in Nursing• NLNAC Accredited• Traditional Program (101 students)• Cohort Groups (72 students)

– UPMC Northwest (one cohort)– Meadville Medical Center (three cohorts)– Cohorts offered part-time to hospital employees and

prospective employees to grow their own workforce– Four-year, part-time program– Hospitals fund tuition in return for employee

commitment to hospital employment for at least three years

– Contract between Clarion and the hospital partners ensures financial viability

– Live and distance modalities– A win-win solution to the nursing shortage

Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Sciences

• Concentrations through partnerships:

– Radiologic Sciences

– Ultrasound

– Radiation Therapy/Dosimetry (future)

– Nuclear Medicine (future)

• Two years of general education and science courses at Clarion University

• Two years of technical instruction in affiliated, accredited hospital programs

Bachelor of Science in Medical Imaging Sciences

Clinical Partners:

• ACMH Hospital School of Radiologic Technology, Kittanning, PA

• Christ Hospital School of Radiography, Jersey City, NJ• Clearfield Hospital, Clearfield, PA• New York Methodist Hospital Center for Allied Health, the

Bartone School of Radiologic Technology, Brooklyn, NY• Sharon Regional Health System, Sharon, PA• UPMC Northwest, Seneca, PA• Wilkes Regional Medical Center, North Wilkesboro, NC

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

• Upper-division, fully on-line R.N. to B.S.N. degree completion program

• Continuation for:– A.S., Allied Health and A.S.N. programs

• National audience

• Entrée to M.S.N. program

Clarion and Edinboro Universities Master of Science in Nursing

Program• Joint degree program taught by faculty at both universities

• Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator concentrations

• Letter of agreement documents consortium arrangements for admission, instruction, administration

• Courses offered primarily on-line

For more information, contact Christopher M. Reber, Ph.D., Executive Dean

Clarion University–Venango Campus1801 West First Street

Oil City, PA 16301814-676-6591, ext. 1350

creber@clarion.edu