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Forty first-year Doctor of Physical Therapy students joined 26 elementary children on July 14 for a morning of fun and physical activity as part of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Summer Learning and Enrichment Academy, a partnership between ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and the Alamance-Burlington School System that focuses on helping exceptional children in grades K-8 develop and maintain academic and behavioral skills they need to be successful in their learning.

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of a master of science program in physician assistant studies. The board's vote at its Oct. 22-23 fall meeting will launch ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s sixth graduate program.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's new master of science program in physician assistant (PA) studies will be located on the university's main campus. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's board of trustees made the decision in a special vote on Jan. 5, following more than two months of study and fundraising efforts.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's new PA program, which enrolls its first class in January 2013, was featured in the July 25 edition of the Greensboro News & Record.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's board of trustees voted April 15 to establish a new School of Health Sciences, serving graduate students in the existing doctor of physical therapy (DPT) program along with students in the new physician assistant (PA) studies master's program, which will enroll its first class in January 2013.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ DPT students and alumni, including Jennifer Evans, Dana Tishler, Blair Madden, Natalie Maness, Judy Saas and Morgan Mason, are regular volunteers with the Greensboro Ballet's Dancing Above the Barre program.

Bill Andrews, associate professor of Physical Therapy, has published an article in the current issue of the Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy titled "Outcome Measures in Neurological Physical Therapy Practice: Part II. A Patient-Centered Process."

Charity Johansson, professor of physical therapy, and Mary Knight-McKenna, professor of education, presented a paper at the 9th International Transformative Learning Conference in Athens, Greece, on May 29.

Doctor of Physical Therapy student, Danielle Gilbert, recently completed a four-week experience in Migori, Kenya. Gilbert opted for an independent study during her Advanced Clinical Practice Selective course and worked at St. Joseph Mission Hospital. A third-year student from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Gilbert completed her undergraduate degree at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 2009 with a major in exercise science, and had studied abroad in Ghana during a winter term.

Four faculty members were honored May 11, 2011, for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s faculty-staff awards luncheon. Those recognized included Mary Jo Festle, Ann J. Cahill, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Stephen Bailey.