Healthcare Blog | The Allen School

“Ms. Good Deeds” Goes to Washington

Posted: August 8, 2008 by arsenal

Allen School Controller Advocates for Breast Cancer Awareness on Capitol Hill This spring, Arlene Palmer, who has been Allen School’s financial controller for almost twenty-five years, performed yet another one of her ongoing good deeds, this time on behalf of Breast Cancer Awareness. Along with a large advocacy group, Arlene traveled to Washington, DC, directly […] Read More

Graduating in 2008, A Year of “Firsts!”

Posted: June 26, 2008 by arsenal

Two Allen School top performers, Tamara Pinder from the Brooklyn campus, and Leonilla Jewell from the Queens campus, both with 4.0 GPAs and exceptional attendance, gave inspirational speeches to the large audience at Allen School’s Graduation 2008 on Friday, June 6th at the Queens College Colden Auditorium in Flushing, NY. Ms. Pinder referred to 2008 […] Read More

CNA Grad Receives Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Patient Care…

Posted: April 26, 2008 by arsenal

Louisa Morrison provides exceptional care at Mt. Sinai Hospital to New York congressman though unaware of his position of importance When he was discharged, the patient returned to personally thank Louisa Morrison, Certified Nursing Assistant/Nurse Technician, and to express how very much her kindness had meant to him during his stay at Mt. Sinai Hospital. […] Read More

Michael’s Legacy – Brooklyn Placement Director Transforms the Tragic Loss of Her Young Son into Blessings for Graduates

Posted: April 1, 2008 by arsenal

Transfused at birth in 1983 with HIV-contaminated blood, Michael, the newborn preemie, would have his life cut short at the age of fifteen by actions taken within hours of being born. The transfusions were provided to the infant without parental authorization for a condition called Necrotizing Enterocolitis, a gastrointestinal disease that mostly affects premature infants […] Read More

A Real Family Affair: Mom & Daughter Meet Up in the Same Medical Assistant Class

Posted: March 1, 2008 by arsenal

Batman and Robin. Romeo and Juliet. Vicki and Erika. Huh? Vicki and whoooooo? You mean you don’t know? The famous Allen School mother and daughter pair, Vicki and Erika Speller of Queens, who both, within a single week, had the identical idea to become a Medical Assistant and, unbeknownst to each other, applied at Allen […] Read More

Attennnnnnnnnn-shun!

Posted: March 1, 2008 by arsenal

Meet Former Marine Corps Drill Sergeant, Eddy Whitten, Director of Admissions, Queens Campus, Sir! Drill instructor duty is considered one of the most honored and valuable positions a Marine can hold. A veteran of twenty years in the Marine Corps, rank E-7 Gunnery Sergeant, selected for E-8 First Sergeant, Eddy Whitten was stationed in North […] Read More

Blue, White, and Red as Allen School Students Open Their Hearts–and Their Veins–to Serve Their Community

Posted: January 26, 2008 by arsenal

Giant blood drive at Borough Hall draws television cameras What do you get when over 100 Medical Assistant and Certified Nursing Assistant students participate in a massive blood drive? You get 63 pints of blood! And, as student Medical Assistant Sherman McMullen knowledgeably told the reporter from Brooklyn’s News12 television cable network, on Wednesday, October […] Read More

Putting One’s Faith in Education

Posted: January 1, 2008 by arsenal

An instructor with a vision for his students In 1948, a Carmelite nun, Teresita Castillo, in a convent in Batanga Province, fifty miles from Manila in the Philippines, reported seeing a vision, an apparition of the Virgin Mary, a reporting that came to be known throughout the world as the Miracle of Roses. The archbishop […] Read More

Orchestrating Allen School’s 46th Annual Graduation

Posted: January 1, 2008 by arsenal

A virtuoso performance by staff and students Many high level representatives of the area’s leading medical facilities including Beth Israel Hospital, St. Luke’s Hospital, Roosevelt Hospital, Long Island College Hospital and NY Eye & Ear Infirmary were there for the “serenade of graduation” on June 15, 2007. The Deans of Philips Beth Israel School of […] Read More

Manhattan Allergist Takes a Deep Breath Using Speed Staffing System™ to Hire Medical Assistants

Posted: January 1, 2008 by arsenal

Allen School’s one-of-a-kind online staffing solution makes a big difference for Dr. Ast With 72% of the population in the United States using the Internet as a resource, it is little surprise that Dr. Frederick Ast, Manhattan allergist/rheumatologist/internist, discovered the Allen School’s Speed Staffing System™ online. What is a surprise, however, is how many Allen […] Read More