King’s College

Jacob Rockovits, of Catasauqua, recently completed the physician assistant (PA) master’s degree program at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre. As part of the college’s 41st graduating PA class, he received his degree at a recent commencement ceremony.

Physician assistants are health care providers who have gone through vigorous training in order to work in the health care field; they can practice in virtually all medical fields, some including surgery, pediatrics and family practice. In order to become certified and licensed, a PA must take a test developed by the National Commission on Certification of PAs (NCCPA) once the graduate program is completed. Physician assistants can perform a variety of tasks within the health care realm - assisting in surgery, interpreting lab test results, diagnosing illnesses, performing physical exams, prescribing medicines and more.

Lebanon Valley College

Tori Ward, of Whitehall, is one of 103 Lebanon Valley College students who attended the college’s sixth annual leadership conference. The theme of this year’s conference was “People, Purpose, Passion: What Drives your Leadership?”

Ward, a graduate of Whitehall High School, is pursuing a bachelor of music degree in audio and music production at The Valley. The conference included two educational sessions, an interactive session, a keynote speaker and a networking dinner. Shaashawn “The Voyce” Dial-Snowden delivered the keynote address. Dial-Snowden is the CEO and founder of Voycetress Media LLC: Putting your Voice in the Foreground.

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, is a private, coeducational college founded in 1866 and dedicated to the liberal arts. The college offers 41 undergraduate majors plus self-designed majors and a range of minors, concentrations and pre-professional options, as well as graduate degree programs in athletic training, business administration, music education, physical therapy, science in STEM education and speech-language pathology. The college has 1,624 full-time undergraduate students and 118 full-time faculty.