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Student Volunteers Needed for The Soccer Tournament June 1-4

  Organizers of The Soccer Tournament set for June 1-4 at  WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary are recruiting DPT student volunteers.  Students would work in the Athlete’s Village alongside athletic trainers, sports PTs, and sports medicine physicians to help care for the athletes before and after their matches.

CASPA is Open! Avoid These Common Application Mistakes

CASPA is open, which means it’s time to put the pedal to the metal and start applying. Before you do, take a breath and make sure all your ducks are in a row to avoid making some common application mistakes.

Swain Lenz to Speak at Large Genomic Conference

Sequencing and Genomic Technologies Director, Devjanee (Devi) Swain Lenz, will be one of the invited panel speakers at the Festival of Genomics and Biodata conference in Boston on October 4-5. The Festival is the world’s largest open access genomics event and covers a host of topics. There will be 120 sessions with 150 invited speakers and 100 exhibitors. Swain Lenz will be on a panel discussing “The Resolution Revolution: Going Beyond Single-Cell Analysis As You Know It.”

Duke PA Students Travel to Raleigh to Meet With State Legislators

When asked why speaking directly to legislature regarding these bills is so important, Hillman said, “The most crucial tool for change that we have is our voice; it is up to us as future health care leaders to speak up and advocate for the patients who will trust and rely on us.”

Sarah Barton Named a Duke AHEAD Fellow

  Sarah Barton, BCP, MS, OTR/L, ThD, has been named a Duke AHEAD Fellow. The Duke AHEAD fellow program identifies education leaders who demonstrate the potential for major and ongoing contributions to health professions education within Duke or the overall profession. Fellows are early and mid-career educators with leadership roles within an educational program and/or have developed courses, curricula, and innovative educational materials and methods.

OTD Student Scholarship Showcase Set for May 5

Join us for the Student Scholarship Showcase set for 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, May 5 at the Trent Semens Center, 8 Searle Street, Durham, N.C.  As many as 50 projects will be on display.  Class of 2024 students will present their capstone project proposals while Class of 2025 students will share the results of their year-long community partner projects.  Light refreshments will be served.  Special thanks to the following partners:  Atrium Health Camp Attitude Coastal Kids Therapy

Commissioning Ceremony Set for May 5

The Class of 2024 Commissioning Ceremony is set for 6 p.m., Friday, May 5 in the Great Hall of the Trent Semens Center.  As they wrap up their didactic instruction, members of the Class of 2024 are preparing to begin their full-time fieldwork experiences over the next year.