Arizona College of Allied Health is a

great school and provides great oppor-

tunities for its students and graduates.

The “A-Team”, consists of the two

“Amy/Amie’s”, (one spelled Amy, one

spelled Amie), both of us graduates of

the Dental Assisting Program at Arizo-

na College, got a great jobs working for Canyon Modern Den-

tistry in Surprise, AZ.

Canyon Modern Dentistry, offers a variety of services from

Veneers, Dentures, Crowns, Bridges to Orthodontic Treatment.

They also use advanced technology in their treatment including

Electronic Dental Records, Digital X-Rays, and IntraOral

Camera.

Some of the feedback that we are both told all the time, is how

we are willing to learn new things. In addition, feedback we

have received from our site is that they would always accept

externs and possible new hires from Arizona College of Allied

Health. We have both learned so much and can’t wait to learn

new things every day.

We both want to thank the college for making our dreams pos-

sible and making us successful dental assistants. Without our

amazing instructors, we wouldn’t have been the “A” team at

Canyon Modern Dentistry.

-Article submitted by “The A-Team”, Amy McCue and Amie

Salamone, Dental Assisting Graduates, and Heather Millward, Career Services Coordinator.

The President’s Corner

by Nick Mansour

I hope this finds you well. 2012 is off to a promis-

ing start both for our country and for Arizona College of

Allied Health.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics recently an-

nounced that the economy added 227,000 jobs in February.

It was the third straight month of employment growth of

over 200,000. While we still have a long ways to go to put

the millions of laid-off employees back to work, that’s

great news!

Healthcare continues to be one of the bright spots,

adding 49,000 jobs in February alone. Over the past

twelve months, 360,000 jobs have been added in

healthcare, an average of 30,000 per month. That contin-

ues a trend. Jobs were added in healthcare every month for

the past four years, even in the depths of the economic

downturn.

The jobs growth in February was widespread

across the industry. Hospitals added 15,000 jobs. Physi-

cians’ offices added nearly 10,000. Outpatient care centers

added 5,000.

This all bodes well for Arizona College, and in-

deed, it’s the reason we focus on healthcare. We believe

healthcare offers one of the best futures for our graduates.

These numbers are very encouraging, and our services –

the knowledge and skills we teach – will be needed for

years to come.

Best,

Nick Mansour, President

Arizona College of Allied Health The Life Line

“The A-Team”

2012 Editor, Jennifer Brown

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As an advisor to many

graduates and a former

job seeker myself, I

like to remind students

of some key factors to

keep in mind when

preparing their re-

sumes. Some might seem like common

sense, but I encounter these top ten mis-

takes on a daily basis.

Hopefully, you can spot and correct the-

se errors, and perhaps ask a friend to

help edit your CV, so that a hiring man-

ager doesn’t dismiss your resume on a

technicality.

1) Unprofessional email addresses

It is perfectly acceptable to have a

personal email address that includes

the words “sexy” or “hot mama” for

friends and/or family. It is NOT

okay for the workplace. You are

trying to convince a potential em-

ployer you are an investment worth

making. Make sure you set up a pro-

fessional email address that is listed

on your resume and that you check

on a daily basis. Best of all; it’s

FREE, from providers including

Gmail and Hotmail. Avoid using too

many letters or numbers, if possible.

A first initial and last name should

suffice.

2) Ditch the objective

An objective used to be a key read-

ing point in a resume; in this day

and age it is not. Most job seekers

attach a cover letter along with their

resume, and that cover letter should

replace the traditional objective.

Instead, I encourage students to

write a paragraph on their skill sets

or qualifications in place of the out-

dated objective.

(continued on page 6)

I would like to thank Mr. Mansour, Mr.

LaMountain, and the faculty and staff at

Arizona College for their support in my

endeavors.

I look forward to continued growth in

this department!

-Article submitted by Ms. Jessica Bowles,

Community Services Liaison.

Preparing for Life Outside of the Classroom Walls…

5 Common Resume Blunders

With the 2011

-2012 school

year wrapping

up, I have

been busy

marketing Arizona

College of Allied Health and recruiting

current high school seniors.

Over the past several months, I have par-

ticipated in various community events

held at Phoenix-area high schools,

judged JAG and DECA regional and

state competitions, represented Arizona

College at college and career fairs.

I have had the great pleasure and oppor-

tunity to speak with students about the

value of higher education and promising

careers in allied healthcare.

With the high school program having

been a recent addition to Arizona Col-

lege, I am seeing the fruits of my labor;

the admissions team is enrolling soon-to-

be high school graduates for summer and

fall starts!

I feel accomplished, yet challenged, as I

anticipate positive changes for the up-

coming school year.

High School Days...Preparing

for the Future!

Ms. Bowles coaches students at the DECA com-

petition held at the Phoenix Convention Center,

on Monday, March 5th, 2012 (pictured above).

Camelback High School Cheerleaders (Phoenix

H.S. District), “Pride Night” which is an annual

community event (pictured above).

Apollo High School Senior baseball players

visit Arizona College’s informational table at

their Career Fair (pictured above).

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“I felt like I was prepared

for being in the field. The

teachers give you the con-

fidence and training to do

the job. I thank you for

everything!”

-Robbie Tucker, Medical Assisting

Graduate. Medical Assisting students prepare to

assist the community with general

health screening.

In their own words…

“Awesome! That is the

first word that comes to

my mind-not only about

my experience with the

training, but with the

college as a whole!”

-Kim Williams, Phlebotomy Graduate.

Arizona College Medical Assisting students

and instructors have been busy this last quar-

ter participating in many local health fairs.

One event was the 5th Annual Glendale

Health and Wellness Fair on Jan. 28th, 2012

held at Glendale Aquatics and Recreation

Center.

The Degree and Diploma students had the

opportunity to meet/greet and offer services

such as checking vital signs and glucose lev-

els to anyone who visited our table. Students

created a poster of this event, which is dis-

played in the student lounge. Another event

that our students and instructors attended was

the Inner City Health Fair on March 3rd,

2012. This was another successful event for

our students. They offered the general public

vital sign checks and visual acuity screening.

For most Arizona College students, these

events were their first chance at getting in-

volved in the community as a volunteer role.

Students continue to ask, “When is the next

community event?” Now, that’s a great

feeling!

Thank you all Arizona College volunteers!

-Article submitted by Ms. Quan, Medical Assisting & Phlebotomy, Assistant Program Director.

Meet Kevin LaMountain,

Regional Vice President

Ms. Quan, Ms. Romero and Ms. Stary

attend a local Health Fair.

Hello everyone. I’ve been a

member of the Arizona College fami-

ly for 7 weeks now and thought I

would give you some of my first im-

pressions of our campus and culture.

I am extremely impressed with our

students, faculty, and staff. The pas-

sion each individual brings to their

role is apparent from the moment

you step off the elevator and walk

through the doors of our campus. I

see students engaged and focused on

learning which is a direct reflection

of the hard work and dedication the

faculty bring to their classroom. I

see how diligent the staff is on

providing the best experience for

each student they serve. I have been

in higher education over 27 years

and can tell you that I have not

found a more dedicated, focused,

and caring campus community. I am

honored to be part of Arizona Col-

lege and look forward to our future.

—Kevin LaMountain

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Good Luck

Externs!

Angel Kobasic

Dental Assisting

Western Dental Nellie Bandin

Health Information Specialist

West Valley Foot and Ankle Institute

Elizabeth Diaz

Pharmacy Technician

Target Pharmacy

Michael Rodriguez

Pharmacy Technician

Pharmerica

Garret Sterkeson

Phlebotomy

Thunderbird Internal Medicine

*Please note: Due to limited space, students listed above are only a sample of students that have been placed on externship.

Janice Sotelo

Phlebotomy

Centro Medico Del Valle

Dajonae Holden

Dental Assisting

Gentle Dental

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Congratulations

Placed

Graduates!

Linda Ramon

Dental Assisting

Western Dental

Nicole Roxey

Medical Assisting

Lake Pleasant Family Medicine

Teddy Lopez

Medical Assisting

We Care Clinic

Parker MacEachern

Medical Assisting

Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center

Gilbert Barron

Pharmacy Technician

Tatum Drug

Mary Richmond

Pharmacy Technician

The Apothecary Shop

*Please note: Due to limited space, graduates listed above are only a sample of graduates that have been placed in their

related medical field for employment and does not include every placed graduate.

Paul Tamou

Pharmacy Technician

CVS

Vanessa Angulo

Health Information Technology

Associate Billing Services

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We here in the

Pharmacy Tech-

nician program

would like to

welcome our

new mascots,

the medicinal leech. We currently have

three leeches in our pharmacy lab: Bill,

Sticky, and NSAID. You may be ask-

ing yourself “Why we would have

leeches in a pharmacy?”

Well, to answer that, here is an article

from usatoday.com in 2004:

Medicinal leeches are bloodsucking,

aquatic cousins of the earthworm that

hail from Europe. Doctors used leeches

for bloodletting — thought to be good

for whatever ailed patients — from

Hippocrates' time through the mid-19th

century.

Leeches fell out

of favor when

doctors finally

recognized that

patients they

bled fared no

better, and often worse, than other pa-

tients.

It's often trickier to connect veins,

which carry blood back to the heart,

than arteries, which carry blood from

the heart. So before grafted tissue

gets new vein growth, it can become

congested with blood. Sometimes

surgery can fix the problem, but if it

can't, the graft might fail.

Enter the

leech. Not

only does

it suck out

e x c e s s

blood, but

its saliva contains a powerful blood

thinner. So even after it fills up and

drops off, bleeding continues.

Typically, leeches are used one at a

time and replaced as they drop off —

usually every 20 minutes — for 24 to

48 hours, then intermittently for a

few days afterward. (Rubin, 2004).

There you have it. Feel free to stop

by the pharmacy lab and say hello to

our new additions

-Article submitted by Mr. Kramer, Pharmacy Technician Program Director.

(continued from page 2)

3) Summary of qualifications do NOT

include personality traits

The single most common mistake we

see in Career Services appears under the

skills heading. They go something like

this; self-motivated, reliable, dependa-

ble, fast-learner, etc… The job is going

to assume these are all traits you have,

or else you wouldn’t be considered for

the position to begin with. Make sure

you stick to a set of skills you have ac-

quired while in school or on the job.

4) Job history is of the utmost importance

Many students will prepare a resume

that only includes their education, and

sometimes omit professional experience

before that. Skills can be transferable

and employers like to see that you have

and can hold a job for long periods of

time without gaps in your employment.

Listing that work as a server or telemar-

keter might seem unnecessary, but al-

most any position is likely to give you

an edge.

5) Forgoing the month and dates of

school/employment

Most resumes that come across my desk

will only have the year i.e. 2007-2009 or

worse yet, none at all. You don’t have to

have the exact date, but make sure you

put the start month and year and end

month and year, for all your positions

and your education. If you are still in

school or working in a position, a start-

ing date alone to “present” will suffice.

If you have any questions, please feel free to

contact Career Services for assistance.

-Article submitted by Heather Millward, Career Services Advisor.

Welcome New Pharmacy

Technician Mascots!

Pharmacy Technician Program Mascot

(pictured above).

Leech feeding from a blood tube

(pictured above).

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4/12 National Autism Awareness

Month

4./2/12 Start Date-Welcome New

Students!

4/7/12 World Health Day

4/11-13/12 Career Development

Workshop

5/12 Arthritis Awareness Month

5/3/12 Orientation-New Students

5/7/12 Start Date-New Session

Begins-Welcome New Students!

5/6-12/12 National Nurses Week

5/28/12 Memorial Day-College

Closed-Enjoy the Holiday!

6/12 Stroke Awareness Month

6/3/12 National Cancer Survivors

Day

6/7/12 Orientation-New Students

6/11/12 Start Date-New Session

Begins-Welcome New Students!

7/12/12 Orientation-New Students

7/16/12 Start Date-New Session

Begins-Welcome New Students!

*CPR classes and testing is

offered weekly (every Fri-

day) at Arizona College.

Space is limited so please

contact the Front Desk for your reserva-

tion!

All students must submit proof of

Immunizations to Ms. Campos in the

Student Services Department. This

documentation is required prior to the

end of the students initial 10 week

term at Arizona College and is re-

quired prior to externship and gradu-

ation.

If you cannot locate your immun-

izations, contact the high school

you attended and ask for a copy

of the records.

If you need updated immuniza-

tions and do not have insurance

and need to be referred, please

contact Ms. Campos in the Stu-

dent Services Department for a

list of facilities that partner with

Arizona College to provide these

services to students at a discount-

ed fee.

Thank you for your attention to this

matter!

Immunization Reminder:

$ Financial Aid News $

Maximum Pell Grant

may be increasing…

President Obama has

made several proposals

that affect Financial Aid in his 2013

budget proposal. One of the most

exciting elements of his proposal is

an increase in the maximum Pell

Grant from $5,550 to $5,635.

While this is just an incremental in-

crease there were talks in the past

year of actually lowering the Pell

grant so the fact that it was main-

tained and given a small increase, is

seen as a positive.

Another proposal in his budget is to

maintain the current interest

rate on all Subsidized Stafford

Loans. Right now the interest rate is

3.4% for the life of the loan, but unless

President Obama’s budget is approved

the interest rate will double to 6.8%.

Finally, President Obama also proposed

doubling the funding level of

Work-study funding over the next five

years. This increased funding

won’t be given out to colleges on a pro-

portional basis however. Colleges that

are able the keep tuition lower will re-

ceive larger work-study budgets.

None of these proposals are approved by

congress yet, but at least we

know the President has Higher Educa-

tion and its funding on his agenda.

-Article submitted by Matt Calhoun,

Director of Financial Aid & Regulatory

Affairs.

Calendar of

Events

Did you know that Ari-

zona College offers open

lab for current Medical

Assisting and Phleboto-

my students that would

like some additional as-

sistance with their lab

skills? Our open lab is

monitored by one of our Medical Assist-

ing Instructors. The open lab hours are

Monday-Thursday, from 12:15p-1p for

morning students, and Monday-Thursday

from 5p-6p for evening students.

All students who would like to participate

must complete an orientation which in-

cludes a lecture and a short quiz. Stu-

dents must pass with an 80% minimum to

participate. The open lab orientation is

Mondays at 12:15p for morning students

and 5:15p for evening students.

If you have any questions, feel free to

contact Ms. Simon, Medical Assisting and

Phlebotomy Program Director.

Open Lab Opportunity

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Abbas Khayami, D.C.

Better Health Solutions

Diann Tate, CPhT.

Lead Tech

CVS Pharmacy

Mary Kellar

Southwest Regional Manager

Schein Dental Special Markets

Amy Strunk, B.S., CPhT

Cardinal Health

Heather Blythe, DA

DC Dental Nicole Leon, L.M.T.

Angel Harrington, L.M.T. Jeanette Baker, L.M.T.

Massage Envy

Sharon Jaycox

Arizona Department of Health Services

Anna Lassister, AZ. MGMA Certified

Practice Manager

Advanced Surgical Institute

Jothi Nadarajah D.M.D.

Cholla Hills Family Dentistry

Sharon Richard, R.N., CPC.

Manager, Revenue Cycle Quality Initiatives

Banner Arizona Medical Clinic

Barbara Stackhouse, R.D.H., B.S.

The Schuster Center for Professional

Development

Kathy Donner

HIV Prevention Manager

Arizona Department of Health

Teresa D’Acquisto, A.A.

Client Liaison Billing Manager

Arizona Medical Billing

DeJarra Sims N.M.D.

Synergy Health

Lalit Mansukhami, R.Ph., M.S.

Director of Pharmacy

John C. Lincoln Hospital

Wanda Darling

Phlebotomist

Arizona College of Allied Health

4425 W. Olive Ave #300

Glendale, AZ 85302

www.arizonacollege.edu

602-222-9300