HACC Heroes

This story is part of our ongoing “HACC Heroes” series. We recognize the severity of the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on our communities. During this challenging time, we want to thank and recognize HACC employees, students and others who are making a difference. The hero of this story is R. Curtis Aumiller, director of respiratory therapy.

Two area health systems are using ventilators on loan from HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, during the global coronavirus pandemic.

Geisinger Holy Spirit borrowed four ventilators and a non-invasive BiPAP breathing unit, and Penn State Health borrowed four ventilators after the College offered its equipment to meet an anticipated shortage in the region.

Please read more in our online newsroom.

This story is part of our ongoing “HACC Heroes” series. We recognize the severity of the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on our communities. During this challenging time, we want to thank and recognize HACC employees, students and others who are making a difference. The heroes of this story are faculty from the Nursing and Allied Health programs.

HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, recently donated personal protective equipment and supplies to UPMC Pinnacle Health in response to a need during the global coronavirus pandemic. Please read more in our online newsroom.

This story is part of our ongoing “HACC Heroes” series. We recognize the severity of the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on our communities. During this challenging time, we want to thank and recognize HACC employees, students and others who are making a difference. The heroes of this story are Jason Beaudin, HACC’s director of academic technologies, and the HACC Foundation.

With additional support from the HACC Foundation, students at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, can borrow devices that help them successfully participate in remote instruction and services during the global coronavirus pandemic. The $145,000 award was made possible by generous donors to the HACC Foundation. Please read more in our online newsroom.

This story is part of our “HACC Heroes” series. We recognize the severity of the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on our communities. During this challenging time, we want to thank and recognize some of the many HACC employees, students and others who are making a difference. The heroes of this story are HACC nursing students and volunteer tutors Janai Boran and Amber DiNatale.

HACC nursing students Janai Boran and Amber DiNatale are going above and beyond during this challenging time by tutoring their peers at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College. To read the full story, please visit our online newsroom.

During this COVID-19 pandemic, there are heroes all around us. These heroes are individuals who sacrifice their well-being, who show compassion or kindness to others, or who inspire us with their selflessness. Current HACC student and paramedic Emma Einwechter (pictured above) is one of those heroes.

Emma is a student at HACC’s Lancaster Campus, studying biology, and carrying a 4.0 GPA. Emma does all that while also working as a paramedic and serving on the front lines of this health crisis.

To students and staff in the Lancaster Campus tutoring center, Emma’s sacrifices and dedication to others is nothing new, for they saw it regularly in the time she worked there as a tutor. But those traits have gained the attention of the world now, too, as LNP recently ran an article featuring the work of paramedics and EMT’s and highlighting Emma as a member of that heroic group.

During this difficult time, stories like those of Emma remind all of us at HACC that we are not just changing the lives of our students, but our work also impacts the communities they serve as well.

This story is part of our “HACC Heroes” series. We recognize the severity of the global coronavirus pandemic and its impact on our communities. During this challenging time, we want to thank and recognize some of the many HACC employees, students and others who are making a difference. The hero of this story is Angie Bentz, administrative office specialist.

Angie Bentz, an administrative office specialist at the Lebanon Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, is approaching her 20th anniversary of employment at the College. In nearly 20 years, HACC has never experienced anything like the global coronavirus pandemic, which forced Bentz and the vast majority of employees to work remotely while campuses are closed.

Please read the full story in our online newsroom.