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New Physical Therapy Program Launched at the Tampa SEC
(Photo caption: Front: Mary Blackinton, PT, EdD, GCS, Associate Director of the NSU Tampa physical therapy program.
2nd Row: Racquel Khuri, site director of NSU Tampa Student Educational Center; Catherine Page, PT, Ph.D, adjunct faculty at NSU College of Allied Health and Nursing (CAHN); Sheila Nicholson, Esquire M.B.A., M.A., PT; President Florida Physical Therapy Association; Stephanie Brown, Ph.D, vice president of NSU Enrollment and Student Services;Madeleine Hellman, PT, Ph.D., chair of CAHN Physical Therapy Department; Carol Kolenda, district secretary to state Rep. Rachel Burgin; Richard Davis, Ed.D, Dean, College of Allied Health and Nursing; Stanley Wilson, Ed.D., CAHN associate dean of Academic Affairs; Dawn Brown Cross, PT, Ed.D, director of CAHN physical therapy programs.
3rd Row: Melissa Riba PT, DPT, assistant professor of CAHN physical therapy program; Denise Reiter, Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce; Kurt Hubbard, Ph.D., Incoming President Florida Occupation Therapy Association; Richard Carrasco, Ph.D., Director of CAHN Occupation Therapy Doctorate Program; Samuel Yoders, MHSc, RVT, director of CAHN Cardiovascular Sonography; Sandee Dunbar, OT, PhD, Chair Occupational of CAHN Therapy Department.)
Nova Southeastern University’s College of Allied Health and Nursing launched a new physical therapy program on April 27 at the NSU Tampa Student Educational Center. It is the university’s first physical therapy program in the Tampa Bay area. Launched as a hybrid program, which combines classroom instruction with online classes, the physical therapy program will have 20 students.
Classes will begin on May 31. The program will offer students a doctor of physical therapy degree or D.P.T. from NSU’s College of Allied Health and Nursing. The college will also introduce the occupational therapy and cardiovascular sonography programs during the grand opening, which will take place on the third floor of NSU’s Tampa SEC. Both programs are expected to start next year.
“This innovative DPT program provides qualified, non-traditional students such as working adults the opportunity to become physical therapists,” said Mary Blackinton, PT, Ed.D., GCS, associate program director of the NSU physical therapy program in Tampa. “Furthermore, our blended learning design creates a strong, interactive learning community supported by the outstanding technological resources of NSU.”
A classroom laboratory will be used by the College of Allied Health and Nursing Tampa physical therapy program.
A grand opening was held that included the following speakers:
- Racquel Khuri, site director of the Tampa Student Educational Center, who served as the master of ceremony.
- Sheila K. Nicholson, PT, M.B.A., M.A., Esq., President of the Florida Physical Therapy Association.
- Richard Davis, PA-C, Ed.D., Dean of NSU’s College of Allied Health and Nursing.
- Mary Blackinton, PT, EdD, GCS; Associate Program Director of the NSU physical therapy program in Tampa.
- Carol Colinda, assistant to State Rep. Rachel Burgin’s office.
- Tammy Bracewell, President of the Brandon Chamber of Commerce.