The Merle S. Elliott Continuing Education and Conference Center

Agenda:

• Check-In, Continental Breakfast, and Networking
• Business Meeting
• Right Heart Catheterization
• Break
• Ventricular Assist Devices
• Case Reviews
• Hemodynamic Evaluation of PAH
• Lunch sponsored by Actelion
• Segmental Approach to the Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease
• Introduction to Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography and Its Current Applications
• Evaluations and Certificates

NRS 583 J (for Tri-State Echo members and Meritus employees)
Fee: $20

Program Agenda:

• Check-in and Continental Breakfast
• Systemic Disease Connection
• Break
• New Research on Periodontal Disease Management
• Lunch
• Recommended Chemotherapeutic Considerations
• Break
• Preventing Tooth Loss by Early Detection and Management of Some Common Clinical Problems
• Questions and Answers, Evaluations & Certificates

6 credit hours

NRS 738 K
Fee: $128

NRS 738 KS (HCC Students)
Fee: $32

The Spring Transfer Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Elliott Center (upper level, Career Programs Building). Over 25 local and regional four-year colleges and universities will be in attendance at the fair including representatives from most Maryland schools and the University System at Hagerstown. All students are welcome to attend.

For more information, call 240-500-2575, or email wcbaer@hagerstowncc.edu.

HCC will host an ESSENCE Information Night on March 8, beginning at 6:30 p.m., in the Elliott Center, rooms 210-214. This event is for high school students who are planning to enroll in the ESSENCE Program for the 2012-2013 academic school year. Prospective students and their parents and/or guardians are encouraged to attend.

Interested students are asked to RSVP by calling 240-500-2238 by Sun., March 5. For more information about HCC's ESSENCE program, click here.

This program will focus on instructing adults who are in frequent contact with children how to recognize, react, and respond to suspected child sexual abuse.  This course is recommended for teachers, caregivers, and adults who work in youth serving organizations. 

Topics will include:

Join noted area historians for Hagerstown Community College's 150th Commemoration of the Civil War. 

This seminar will feature four one-hour lectures, lunch and a panel discussion.

Seminar presenters and lecture titles:

Breakfast and Networking

Initial Assessment of the Glaucoma Suspect
Dr. Andrew Mohammed (33710-GL)

Lens Induced Glaucomas
Dr. Andrew Mohammed (33711-GL COPE Pending)

Break

Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Dr. Sona Kalra (29844-NO)

Lunch

Posterior Lamellar Corneal Transplants - New Developments for Patients
Dr. Sunil Thadani (33577-PO)

Break

Part I: New Developments in the Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
Part II: 25-Gauge Vitrectomy Surgery
Dr. Robert E. Parnes (33493-PS)

Hagerstown Community College will host an information session for active duty military, veterans, and their families on Fri., Jan. 6, at 10 a.m. in the Elliott Center.

During the free session, attendees will get an overview of HCC, including information on veterans’ benefits, academic advising, financial aid, disability services, and the student-run veterans’ club. Tours of campus will be available.

For more information, contact recruitment coordinator Kevin Crawford at klcrawford@hagerstowncc.edu or 240-500-2412.

The Nursing Division will hold its spring pinning ceremony on Jan. 6, at 7 p.m., in the Elliott Center (rooms 211 and 213). For more information, email jmmclaughlin@hagerstowncc.edu, or call 240-500-2380.

Phi Theta Kappa, the honor society at HCC, is sponsoring a special discussion panel, "Democracy and Information Access," on Thurs., Dec. 1, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the Elliott Center, rooms 211 and 213.