Twenty-six students in Elon’s charter DPT class received degrees during a ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 11. These students were the first to complete Elon’s full-time, 3-year Doctor of Physical Therapy program. Details...
The ceremony included welcoming remarks from Provost Gerald Francis, President Leo M. Lambert and an address by Ben F. Massey, Jr., president of the American Physical Therapy Association. Student awards were presented by Stephen Bailey, research coordinator, Marianne Janssen, director of clinical education, and Gerald Dillashaw, dean of education. Award winners included:
- Overall Outstanding Student Award: Tracy-Lynn Schuster
- Outstanding Clinical Performance Award: Heather Francis Matthews
- Outstanding Research Award: Bradley Dail Banker
The following students are members of the charter DPT class:
- Bradley Dail Banker
- Andrew Kenneth Blish
- Joshua McDaniel Carroll
- Leslie Marie Clark
- David Wayne Comeau
- Aaron James DeBord
- Jennifer Lynn DeRosa
- Renee Michelle Drexler
- Mary Wesley Garner
- Robyn Hillary Hoffman
- Lana Cox Johnson
- Ian Michael King
- Valerie Ann LaFlam
- Patrick Stephen Lally
- Kristina Marie Lutz
- Bradley Frank Mann
- Niki Sherey Gibson Massie
- Heather F. Matthews
- Bryn Marie Paisley
- Daisy Elizabeth Parsons
- Patricia Ellen Perdue
- Erin Etain Redmond
- Elizabeth Wherley Regan
- Tracy-Lynn Schuster
- Shagun Sodhi
- Denise Lee Ungerer
Eleven students also completed the transitional DPT program, which is offered to Elon MPT graduates, giving them the opportunity to earn the equivalent of a DPT degree. A 6-month program, the transitional DPT curriculum is delivered primarily online. These students are:
- Mark David Baker
- Marie Theresa Creech
- Jennifer Alice Rask Demske
- Jon Kirk Ehrenfried
- Jonathan Robert Gerenski
- Josef Beethoven Jacobson
- Kimberly Ann Keyser
- Letitia Renee Lippencott
- Jennifer Louise Rohrig Sanford
- Michael Christian Sherk
- Jeffrey Durand Shoup