Harcum Donates Thousands of Pieces of PPE

Bryn Mawr, PA – April 2, 2020 – Harcum College donated thousands of pieces of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) on March 25, in response to an urgent call for PPE from the Einstein Healthcare Network. Most of the largest academic programs at Harcum prepare future professionals in numerous allied health fields. Harcum’s associate’s degree majors include Nursing, Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting, Veterinary Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Physical Therapist Assisting, Occupational Therapy Assisting, Medical Laboratory Technology, and Histotechnology.

Within four days of Einstein’s appeal for supplies, Harcum Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer Dr. Julia Ingersoll had reached out to all program directors, corralling a carload of donated supplies and handing them off to ­­Carol Prushan, Chief Development Officer at Einstein behind the Academic Center on the Bryn Mawr Campus.

As a college with a long and proud history of preparing students to work in healthcare,” Ingersoll explained, “Harcum understood the importance of supporting local healthcare workers by providing the protection they need to effectively serve their patients while also preserving their own health.”

The Einstein Network operates three medical centers, a rehab, outpatient centers, and primary care centers throughout the Philadelphia area. Formerly the Jewish Hospital founded in 1866, Einstein turned 150 in 2016 while Harcum College observed its 100th anniversary in 2015 and includes a Main Line Campus and an Art & Design Center in Bryn Mawr, and 12 Partnership Sites serving communities throughout Eastern Pennsylvania.

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About Harcum College

Harcum College, one of Pennsylvania’s first independent, associate’s degree-granting colleges, was founded in Bryn Mawr, PA in 1915 and was the first college in Pennsylvania chartered by the state to grant associate degrees. Harcum offers fully accredited, career-ready majors in nursing, the allied health professions, business and social sciences on campus, online, and regionally, as well as lifelong learning programs for professional and personal development.