INVESTING IN ACADEMICS New High-Tech Anatomy Lab Unveiled

Combines the University’s traditional cadaver lab with virtual simulation space

Saint Francis University students have immersed themselves in 1000s of simulated learning sessions to prepare for their future careers since the School of Health Sciences & Education’s Experiential Learning Commons opened in 2019. Yet the facility was missing one crucial piece: a high-tech anatomy lab. That missing piece is now solidly in place.

When the ELC was constructed four years ago, the University left 3,400 square feet of unfinished shell space for the future anatomy lab. That space is now fully outfitted thanks to donations and a $1,500,000 PDE Job Training and Education Program Grant secured by State Senator Wayne Langerholc.

The University held a blessing and dedication ceremony for its new anatomy lab to celebrate on Thursday, November 17, 2022. The event included tours of the spacious, modern facility that combines the University’s traditional cadaver lab with a high-tech simulation space within the ELC.

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Left: Anatomage tables have a life-sized touchscreen interface to learn human anatomy and physiology. Here Alexa Schmidhamer ’21, graduate assistant in the ELC, demonstrates the table’s versatility to State Senator Wayne Langerholc.

University Lands $1 Million Appalachian Regional Commission POWER Grant

Saint Francis University has been awarded a $1 million grant by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to launch an Aviation Maintenance Technician School.

The new Aviation Maintenance Technician School will be housed at the John P. Murtha Johnstown–Cambria County Airport and will offer a 14 CFR 147-certified training cur- riculum for Aviation Maintenance Technicians. It will enable students to gain in-demand skills in a program that is under 18 months long and will help create pathways into secure, wellpaying, family-sustaining jobs in the growing aviation industry and related sectors. The University anticipates launching programming in late 2023 through Francis Worldwide School of Continuing Studies. u francis.edu/aviation