The following undergraduate and graduate students received awards at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 13, 2009:
- Jaclyn Barbano, Justin Alexander Scholarship Award
- Jamie Bucciferro, Dean's Award
- Frances Ente, Dean's Award
- Jared Azuma, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Jill Cadby, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate student
- Elizabeth Campbell, Department Professional Excellence Award - graduate student
- Molly Douglass, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Andrew Gaetano, Department Professional Excellence Award - graduate student
- Kimmery Geane, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Shane Hamman, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Katherine Grandelski, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Kathryn Hause, Department Professional Excellence Award - graduate student
- Lindsey Johnston, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Jeanine Lindaman, Department Professional Excellence Award - graduate student
- Lucas Mann, Department Professional Excellence Award - undergraduate
- Kristen Morris, Department Professional Excellence Award - graduate student
Two senior students, Kimmery Geane and Shane Hammen have been selected to be ushers at the 2009 American Physical Therapy Association House of Delegates to be held in Baltimore, June 7-10, 2009, in conjunction with the APTA Annual Conference. The HOD is the largest deliberative body of the APTA.
Graduate student, Jacyln Miller, was selected to be one of two student PT Delegates from across the entire state for the 2009 New York Physical Therapy Association Delegate Assembly, held May 1, 2 in Albany.
Jill Cadby was the Ithaca College 2009 Phi Kappa Phi chapter nominee for the associations fellowship program. She was selected as one of 40 students from across the country to receive the Award of Excelence and a $2000 graduate scholarship. Each of the over 300 chapters is allowed to nominate one student. Congratulations Jill!!!
Four PT students were among those selected to receive the 2008-09 Peggy R. Williams Award for Academic and Community Leadership. This award is given to reflect the College's recognition of those students who excel in academic performance, perform service to the College community and nation, and represent an exemplary level of accomplishment. The four PT recipients this year were seniors Jill Cadby and Kimmery Geane, and juniors Andrea Morton and Caitlin Pautz.
Jill Cadby, a senior year PT student, was the recipient of the Shirley Hockett Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi Presidential Award at the fall 2008 induction ceremony on November 7, 2008. The primary objective of the National Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is the recognition and encouragement of superior scholarship in all academic disciplines.
Freshmen students in the top five percent of their School are invited to become members of Oracle at the end of their first semester of enrollment. At the end of the full freshman year, students in the top ten percent of each School are invited to accept membership. Oracle members believe that these able freshmen will indeed contribute leadership, loyalty, and service to Ithaca College during their subsequent years here.
The following Physical Therapy students will be inducted into Oracle Honor Society on November 3, 2008:
Monica Lesslie, M.S. '08, was selected to receive the Mary McMillan Scholarship award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). The award was presented at the organization's annual conference, PT 2008, in San Antonio, Texas, on June 13. Monica is one of 10 physical therapist students who were selected for this award from 210 eligible education programs. This is the second year in a row an IC student has won this very prestigious award.
The criteria for this award include superior scholastic performance, past productivity, evidence of potential contribution to physical therapy, and service to the APTA. Monica has been an outstanding student and leader in the physical therapy program at IC. As the elected class representative, she coordinated several student events and participated in faculty meetings. Her numerous community projects include service-learning events in Antigua and China.
We congratulate Monica on this recognition.
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The School of HSHP Dean's Faculty Award for Research was presented to Physical Therapy Associate Professor, Jeff Houck at the annual HSHP Awards Ceremony on May 14, 2008.
The following undergraduate and graduate students received awards at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 14, 2008:
- Melanie Darocha, Justin Alexander Scholarship Award
- Kristin Morris, Dean's Award
- Jaclyn Miller, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Jennifer Stevens, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate student
- Jacqueline Diamond, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Meghan Dick, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Monica Lesslie, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Hilary Smith, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Laura Teeter, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Cori Wase, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Melissa Whited, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Jennifer Churey, Department Research Award, graduate student
- Lindsay Drader, Department Research Award, graduate student
- Lila Wollman, Department Research Award, graduate student
The following Physical Therapy students were inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society:
Juniors
Jamie Lynn Bucciferro
Jill E. Cadby
Molly Catherine Douglass
Kathleen Angela Doyle
Frances Laura Ente
Meghan E. Scannell
Seniors
Elizabeth J. Campbell
Andrew J. Gaetano
Kelly L. Van Vlack
Freshmen students in the top five percent of their School are invited to become members of Oracle at the end of their first semester of enrollment. At the end of the full freshman year, students in the top ten percent of each School are invited to accept membership. Oracle members believe that these able freshmen will indeed contribute leadership, loyalty, and service to Ithaca College during their subsequent years here.
The following Physical Therapy students were inducted into Oracle Honor Society following their first semester:
Stephanie N. Geldis
Clare Goldrick
Alec N. Levesque
Justine M. Picciano
Lisa M. Russell
Keith D. Sante
Shaina Ung
Monica Lesslie, an IC PT graduate student, BS ’07, has been awarded the very prestigious Anne-Marie Sirois Scholarship, for 2008, by the New York New Jersey Physical Therapy Clinical Education Consortium.
Two awards are presented each year to students from among over 20 programs in New York and New Jersey. Recipients are selected on the basis of recommendations and their responses related to clinical education and career goals, and what the student will accomplish in clinical education with the scholarship. Monica is the second IC student to receive the scholarship following to inaugural award in 2006 to IC grad, Liz Pooler, MS ’06.
The scholarship was established by the consortium member programs to recognize the ongoing work in clinical education of Anne-Marie Sirois, an IC alumna ’71, who was a distinguished and highly regarded leader in physical therapy clinical education while working at Burke Rehabilitation Center for 30 years until her retirement in 2005.
Monica has also been awarded the New York Physical Therapy Association, Student Participation Award for 2008, and has been nominated for the APTA Mary McMillan Scholarship which will be given to students selects from PT programs across the country.
The following Physical Therapy students were inducted into Phi Kappa Honor Society:
Juniors
Melanie A. Darocha
Andrew J. Gaetano
Jacyln M. Miller
Kristin K. Morris
Alison B. Spivak
Seniors
Kristen F. Abbett
Brittany A. Burgess
Erin C. Clougherty
Jennifer L. Churey
Kelly L. Coney
Kelly S. Dickey
Maggie T. Gallagher
Christine E. Johnson
Monica R. Lesslie
Melanie S. McKaney
Megan E. Murphy
Stacey M. Rivet
Hilary J. Smith
Laura M. Teeter
Professor Charles D. Ciccone, '75, PT, PhD is one of 12 physical therapists selected to receive the the American Physical Therapy Association's highest honor, the Catherine Worthingham Fellow award in 2007. To receive this prestigious award, the selected physical therapist must have made contributions to the profession through leadership, influence, and achievements that demonstrate frequent and sustained efforts to advance the profession for a period of no less than 15 years.
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Kyle Willets '06, PT, DPT, is one of 10 students from the over 200 Physical Therapy programs located across the country to receive the Mary McMillan Scholarship award from the American Physical Therapy Association. This is the association's highest award for a recent graduate based on their academic and extracurricular accomplishments. The award was presented at the APTA Annual Conference held in June 2007 in Denver, CO.
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The following undergraduate and graduate students received awards at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Annual Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 16, 2007:
- Hilary Smith, Justin Alexander Scholarship Award
- Monica Leslie, Dean's Award
- Laura Teeter, Dean's Award
- Meghan Dick, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Stacy Kuzmick, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Monica Leslie, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Megan Murphy, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Candice Nomidies, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Laura Teeter, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Melissa Whited, Department Professional Excellence Award, undergraduate
- Alana Yerman, Department Professional Excellence Award, graduate student
- Laura Becica, Department Research Award, graduate student
- Candice Nomides, Department Research Award, graduate student
See the award poster for each student ...
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Six physical therapy students were among the 16 IC students selected to NCAA District I All Academic Teams during the 2006-07 academic year.
The District I All-Academic Teams honor student-athletes from NCAA Division II and III and NAIA Division II schools in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. Nominees to the academic all-district teams, which are voted on by sports information directors, must be sophomores, juniors or seniors whose cumulative grade-point average is at least 3.2.
The Physical therapy student athletes selected this year are:
The following undergraduate students received awards at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Annual Senior Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 10, 2006:
See some pictures in the Photo Galleries
This year's recipients of the Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges award included PT junior year student, Laura Teeter. They are among a select group of the top one percent of students at Ithaca College.
These students have demonstrated outstanding performance in both academic and non-academic endeavors during their years here. A college reception as a tribute to their achievements was held on Tuesday, April 25, 2006.
This award was presented to sophomore PT student, Christian Laurence, at the Celebration of Services recognition reception on April 6. This Scholarship award is given to an ALANA male/female student entering his/her Sophomore, Junior or Senior year, who is in good academic and judicial standing with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and who has demonstrated a record of community service with city or county youth programs.
In his acceptance speech, Chris said he would give half the scholarship award to the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School where he is an active volunteer.
See some pictures in the Photo Galleries
Based on their academic achievement in the fall 2005 semester, the following freshman PT students were inducted into the IC Oracle Society on March 13, 2005. The spring ceremony honors students who have completed their first semester and are in the top five percent of their academic schools.
Liz, and a recipient from UMDNJ physical therapy program, received a $500.00 award to offset clinical education housing/travel expenses. The scholarship was established by the New York New Jersey Clinical Education Consortia to recognize the ongoing work in clinical education for physical therapy by Anne Marie Sirois, who is an IC PT graduate from the class of 1971.
There were many applicants from all Consortia member programs across New York and New Jersey. Each PT program reviewed applicants and sent one name to the selection committee, and Liz was selected from a very strong pool.
The IC PT program had a large contingent of faculty and alums give presentations at the recent APTA Combined Sections Meeting held February 1-4, 2006, in San Diego, CA. This is a national conference attended by 5000 special interest section members of the American Physical Therapy Association. Representing the IC core PT faculty with presentations were:
Congratulations to all on this superb accomplishment.
Five PT sophomores were inducted into the Ithaca College Oracle Honor Society for the fall of 2005. The PT student inductees were: Brianne Bauer, Elizabeth Campbell, Andrew Gaetano, Ainsley Klauser, and Kathryn, Streiff. Congratulations!!!
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities
- Alison Braxendale
- Kenneth Bush
- Sarah Collins
- Marisa King
- Kristen Pullano
- Christine Wilson
Faculty Award - for outstanding service to the community, classmates and the program
- Sarah Collins
- Marisa King
- Vinnie Maiorino
Faculty Research Award - given to students who played an important role assisting faculty with their ongoing scholarship
- Alison Braxendale
- Jordon Riter-Soronen
- Christine Wilson
- Emily Evans
Senior year students, Basia Bujak and Leigh Anne Swafford, received commissions as Second Lieutenants in the US Army at a campus ceremony on May 14, 2005. See the new Second Lieutenants in the photo gallery.
Elise Ruckert, who received her B.S. in Clinical Science/Physical Therapy in May 2005, has been selected for the 2005 AARP Academic Scholars Program and will receive a $10,000 scholarship to help complete her graduate year of study for her M.S degree in physical therapy. The award is for her ongoing activities and interest in Gerontology. Elise is the only physical therapy student, in a group of 30 recipients from across the country, to get an award in 2005.
The following undergraduate students received awards at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance Annual Senior Awards Ceremony and Reception on May 11, 2005:
For pictures of the recipients, go to the following HSHP Awards photo gallery.
Congratulations to all on this superb accomplishment.
Three senior PT students, Joy Bostrum, Basia Bujak, and Elise Ruckert, were inducted as second year recipients at the recognition ceremony held on April 12, 2005, into Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
Congratulations to the following physical therapy freshman students who were honored at the Ithaca College Oracle Honor Society Induction ceremony on Monday, March 14: Elyse Cohen, Lindsay Fetzer, Connie Horak, Kristen Morris, Claire Seibert. The spring ceremony honors students who have completed thier first semester and are in the top five percent of their academic schools.
Senior PT student and Oracle induction coordinating board member Erin Michael introduced Barb Belyea as the sole IC faculty inductee at the fall 2004 induction ceremony on October 18, 2004. (Notice in Intercom)
Jeff Houck has been funded by the Whitaker Foundation to continue his research project entitled “Associations of Motor Control Strategies with Functions of Subjects that are ACL Deficient during Expected and Unexpected Cut Tasks” for a second year.
Houck's work is being carried out in the Movement Analysis Laboratory at Ithaca College 's Rochester Center. He holds an academic appointment at the University of Rochester in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. The Whitaker Foundation funds biomedical research that is intended to promote the progress of science and the use of knowledge for the welfare of mankind.
In 2003 a new pass point was established for the national licensing exam in physical therapy. Students and physical therapy programs across the country were warned that the change would result in a substantially lower pass rate, but the Ithaca College pass rate barely changed.
In 2002 the pass rate for first-time test takers from accredited programs in New York State was 74.1 percent, and nationally it was 83.7 percent while Ithaca College students had a 96.3 percent pass rate. In 2003 the pass rate for first-time test takers from accredited programs in New York State went down by almost 25 percent to 50.91 percent, and nationally there was a decline of 15 percent and the percent passing was only 67.6.
Despite these drops, Ithaca College graduates continued their great success on the exam. Their 2003 pass rate of 91.53 percent barely dropped from the 2002 rate of 96.3 percent.
Our hope that the class of 2004 would be even better was fulfilled! The pass rates for 2004 were:
Ithaca College, 96 percent
National average, 72 percent
NYS programs, 60 percent
Congratulations to all on this superb accomplishment.
Basia Bujak, a senior PT student, was named the 2004-5 Ithaca College John Bernard Scholar at the Phi Kappa Phi annual awards ceremony held on November 12, 2004. She is the first physical therapy major to receive this prestigious college award. Named after a distinguished Ithaca College faculty member who was past president of Phi Kappa Phi, the award is made to an IC student achieving the highest level of academic performance combined with exceptional depth and breadth of interest and outstanding community service. Pictures from the event can be seen on the Phi Kappa Phi web site.
Nine PT sophomores were inducted into the Ithaca College Oracle Honor Society for the fall of 2004 at the ceremony held in the Emerson Suites on October 18. The PT student inductees were Kristen Abbet, Brittany Burgess, Heather Galisson, Maggie Gallagher, Cara Galetta, Melanie McKaney, Bryce Meck, Rebecca Richmond, and Hilary Smith.
They earned a GPA of at least 3.75 while displaying positive conduct. Congratulations go to Joy Bostrum, Justin Feldman, Kristin Fiaco, Cara Galetta, Heather Gallison, Melanie McKaney, Bryce Meck, Michael Orpin, Julianne Purfield, Rebecca Richmond, Hilary Smith, and Jennie Swatling.
Several physical therapy faculty and students presented and/or participated in activities at the American Physical Therapy Association 2004 annual conference in Chicago.
Karen Nolan, with former students Beth Arnold and Jill Van Brunt, presented a poster of their recent pediatric research.
Joseph Kelly, a recent PT graduate student ’04, gave a poster presentation of his senior-year independent-study project titled "Comparison of Two Static Assessments of Foot Pronation in a Sample with ACL Rupture and Reconstruction” at the APTA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 29-July 3.
Three PT students -- junior Ally Benvenuti, sophomore Heather Luke, and junior Jessie Selock -- were members of the women's crew team that won the 2004 NCAA Rowing Championship for Division III schools. (Story in the Ithacan)
Department and School of HSHP awards went to the following 2004 graduating seniors (thanks to assistant dean Janet Wigglesworth for assembling the information for each recipient):
- Mary Helgans, Dean's Award (PDF document)
- Marisa King, Faculty Award (PDF document)
- Veronica Portello, Dean's Award (PDF document)
- Kristen Pullano, Justin Alexander Award (PDF document)
