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2011-2012 HFT Info Sessions

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Surgical Technology offers First Assistant certificate

The Surgical Technical – First Assistant one-year certificate program prepares the Certified Surgical Technologist for an entry-level position in the first assistant role. This accelerated alternative delivery program provides formal educational preparation that enhances the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective behaviors necessary for a first assistant to function in a collaborative relationship with the perioperative team. The certificate includes supervised clinical practice that is individualized and self directed. Classes are offered in a combination of on-line and campus based formats. Click here to download the program brochure.

Cincinnati State unveils Spinning® program

The Health and Fitness Technology program (HFT) recently purchased 18 NXT Star Trac Bikes for the Spinning® program, the global leader in indoor cycling. The Spinning® program is a stationary indoor cycling program led by a certified instructor that burns an average of 500 calories for each 40 minute workout. The Spinning® program is unique in fitness programming since it allows each participant to exercise at a self-directed pace by wearing a heart rate monitor to measure intensity during class and allowing the participant to control the resistance knob on their individual bike. Spinning® is a comprehensive training program comprised of training sessions with a specific purpose designed to fit into a periodization schedule to meet a wide range of fitness levels from the beginner exerciser to fitness enthusiast to the avid athlete.

Spinning® will be offered at various times and additional sections will be added in Early Fall, 2009 to meet the demand of the busiest student and employee at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College. The Spinning® studio will be located across from the Fitness Center and will start Summer Term, 2009. The Spinning® program is part of the HFT Strategic Plan 2008-2011 to add new innovative physical education courses as electives for Cincinnati State students, staff, faculty, and community members.

For more information, please contact Jennifer Mayer, program chair at (513) 569-1670 or by email.

Fast-growing biotechnology field
spurs new program at Cincinnati State

Do you enjoy the laboratory part of science classes? Do you like to analyze results and plan experiments? Then the new Biotechnology program may be for you.

Biotechnology is one of the fastest-growing fields in the State of Ohio, with several new biotech firms established in southwestern Ohio in recent years. Biotechnology technicians perform procedures in pharmaceutical, research, and manufacturing labs. Graduates may earn their associate’s degree, then transfer to a baccalaureate degree in biotechnology or a related field.

Students wishing to enroll in the Biotechnology AAS program may begin taking the preliminary courses immediately For more information, email program chair Diane Vorbroker, PhD or call her at 569-1679 with questions.