
By Debbie Bunch
January 16, 2025
AARC member Emily Milesi, RRT, was featured in an article on the Fletcher Technical Community College website for winning a gold medal at the Skills USA National Competition last summer; Emily has since presented the medal to the college to honor the support she received from faculty, staff, and fellow students. Read it Here
AARC members Vince Pepe, RRT, and Nicole Crisman, RRT, were pictured in an article in The Citizen’s Voice about a grant that Luzerne County Community College received for the purchase of an interprofessional health care simulation mannequin. See it Here
AARC member Tara Almony, RRT, was featured in an article in Virginia Business about manpower shortages in health care professions like respiratory therapy and what providers and nonprofits are doing about them. Read it Here
AARC member Mike Hess, MPH, RRT, RPFT, wrote a Perspective piece on Healio.com questioning the conclusions that were reached in a recent study suggesting the Competitive Bidding Program for home oxygen has had no impact on supplemental oxygen use or COPD outcomes. Read it Here
AARC member Joan Kriebel, RRT, was featured in an article in the Courier Express about candy sleighs she and her sister made over the holidays to raise funds to help homeless veterans in her community. Read it Here
AARC student member Sara Boyer was featured in an article in the Dalton Daily Citizen for her receipt of the National Board for Respiratory Care Scholarship from the Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Read it Here