“Troop D takes these types of incidents very seriously, the source of these calls is currently being investigated,” the statement said. Students and parents from Central and Oakland Catholic Schools were instructed to gather at the Oakland Quad Cathedral of Learning while police investigated the calls.īoth schools later were declared safe, and no injuries were reported, but school communities in Butler County were warned of safety procedures that were implemented in initial response.īutler County state police said in an afternoon statement Allegheny County threats still are being investigated, but were “found to have no merit.” Wednesday, March 29, to reports of a shooter at two schools in the Oakland neighborhood.
Additionally, Freeport Area School District operated on a “modified lockdown,” where no one could enter or exit the buildings.Īccording to Pittsburgh Public Safety’s Twitter, police responded around 11 a.m. State police said later in the morning that the threats were not credible.īutler Area School District operated under a “perimeter lockdown” when the threat was received out of an abundance of caution, according to superintendent Brian White. “We’ve got good things happening in our programs in both pharmacy and PA,” he says.Two Butler County school districts operated on lockdown procedures Wednesday, March 29, following a morning threat of an active shooter at two schools in Allegheny County. Earlier this year, Butler moved up to fourth in the nation for the highest passing rates for Pharmacy students taking the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. Soltis says the PA ranking is another reflection of the many happenings in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. In 2016, the program switched from three years to two years, and the class grew from 50 to 75. The Physician Assistant program also has a 99 percent pass rate on the PA certification examination over the past 5 years, a 100 percent job-placement rate within six months of graduation over the past three years, and a championship in the Indiana Academy of PA Student Challenge Bowl for three of the past four years.Īs the profession has increased in popularity in the past few years, Butler’s PA program has grown. So some is just the visibility-you get your reputation from people seeing who you are and what you do.” “Professor Jennifer Snyder’s been President of the PA Education Association. “They’re publishing, they’re making more appearances at national meetings,” he says. Soltis attributed the boost in reputation to faculty members becoming more visible among their peers and colleagues. A PA can diagnose a patient, order tests and procedures, and prescribe treatments.
PAs have many of the same responsibilities as doctors and work in collaboration with a physician or surgeon. “The fact that we’ve gone from 97th in 2013, to 70th in 2014, to 40th in 2015, to now 37th is really impressive.” “These rankings are based on reputation, a survey of other leaders in the PA field,” says Butler College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Dean Robert Soltis.
The most recent report, released in 2015, had Butler ranked 40th. Since 2013, Butler’s program-the longest-accredited program in the state of Indiana-has moved up 60 places in the rankings. News & World Report ratings of the Best Physician Assistant Programs. Allan, MFA ’18 | March 14, 2019īutler University’s Physician Assistant program continues to climb in the national rankings, moving up to 37th in the U.S.
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