Physical Therapy

Elon University hosted Special Olympics Alamance County on Friday as athletes from surrounding communities visited campus for the nonprofit’s annual spring games. Several university students volunteered for the program, which included appearances by Elon Phoenix football players, cheerleaders and the Phoenix mascot.

Tiffani Bacon, a 2003 graduate of the Elon DPT program, spent a week in Haiti providing much needed physical therapy services to children at the Love a Child Disaster Recovery Center. To read her touching personal story, please click the link to the right. Blog photos courtesty of Victor Banta and Justin Ide.

Thirty-eight students enrolled Jan. 4, 2010, in the DPT program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education. Their enrollment marks Elon’s eighth class of DPT students.

Thirty-seven candidates in Elon’s doctor of physical therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 6, 2009, in a ceremony featuring an address from John D. Childs, associate professor and director of research for the U.S. Army in the Baylor University doctoral program in physical therapy.

Charity Johansson, professor of physical therapy, presented a paper titled "Disintegration to Integration: Aging as a Transformative Process" at the 8th Annual Transformative Learning Conference.

Approximately 60 Elon University physical therapy alumni and their families came back to campus over the weekend to reunite with friends and faculty.

Elon University graduate students in the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program joined with children from North Graham Elementary School on Oct. 14 for its third annual “Walk to School" Day.

This week, students from the Department of Physical Therapy Education Class of 2011 planted a Live Oak in honor of the human donors they had as teachers this year. At the memorial service held in July 2009 the students agreed that they wanted to commemorate the donors’ gift with something permanent. A tree was the logical gift as it signifies both life and knowledge.