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Programs in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science At Drexel University May 2008 Newsletter
Graduation News
Congratulations to our 2008 graduating Professional and Post-Professional DPT students. We are proud to welcome our new DPTs among our colleagues! Professional DPT graduates who earned special program awards were Stacy Ballard, Katharine Boschen, Tyler Herman, Matthew Petruccelli, and Jessica Ruggiero. Our nominees for Alfa Eta (National Allied Health Professions Honor Society) were Stacy Ballard, Katharine Boschen, Elizabeth Larimer and Jessica Ruggiero. Our Who’s Who nominations were Jennifer Fisher, Tyler Herman, Natalie Paglione and Matthew Petruccelli.
Graduates of our Post-Professional DPT who received special program recognition were Deborah Rose, who received the Evelyn B. Noyovitz Award, and Michele Wiley, who received a Clinical Leadership Practice Award. Our nominees for Alpha Eta were Deborah Rose, Angela Griffis, and Mary Alice Pullen. Our nominations for Who’s Who were Susan Cohn, Renee Crossman, Elizabeth Soika and Carol Terilli. Again, congratulations to all!
Student News
Spearheaded by Professional DPT students in the class of 2009, students in the classes of 2009 and 2010 conducted a number of fundraising events that resulted in a $1,100 donation to the Foundation for Physical Therapy via the Pittsburgh-Marquette Challenge. As community service, faculty and students staffed a booth promoting fitness at Drexel’s “Celebrate Health Fair” in Mantua Community Center in West Philadelphia.
Faculty News
Professor Patty Rubertone, Director of Clinical Education, was recently inducted into the Omicron Delta Kappa Society (the National Leadership Honor Society), a prestigious organization for students on college and university campuses around the nation. Their purpose is to recognize and encourage superior scholarship, leadership, and exemplary character. Membership in Omicron Delta Kappa is a mark of high distinction and honor. Dr. Kevin Gard, Professor Rubertone, and Dr. Sheri Silfies were faculty members recently inducted into Alpha Eta.
Dr. Maggie O’Neil recently presented a poster at Drexel University’s Women’s Health Conference in Atlantic City, NJ: “The health status and health behaviors of mothers and their children who are overweight.” Baseline data from Dr. O’Neil’s NIH grant on childhood obesity was used to describe mother-child health characteristics.
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