Physical Therapy

Forty-five candidates in the university’s doctor of physical therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 7, 2008, in a ceremony featuring remarks from Elon President Leo M. Lambert and an address from Jody Shapiro Gandy, director of academic/clinical education affairs at the American Physical Therapy Association.

The disappointment of four years ago has turned into elation for Blake Russell, a 2001 graduate of Elon’s physical therapy program, who qualified for the 2008 Olympic Team following her impressive finish April 21 at the U.S. Women’s Olympic Trials in Boston.

Thirty-eight students enrolled Jan. 7, 2008, in the DPT program in the Department of Physical Therapy Education.  This marks Elon’s sixth class of DPT students and represents its most selective and brightest.