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Learn more about the Elon Physician Assistant Studies program at an Open House for prospective students on Saturday, March 24.

The Gerald L. Francis Center opens this month as the new home of the School of Health Sciences at 51±¬ÁÏÍø.

51±¬ÁÏÍø leaders conferred degrees Sunday on 36 candidates in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Elon’s Department of Physical Therapy Education hosted a complimentary 2-day continuing education course on Dec. 5 –6 for more than 120 North Carolina physical therapists.

A research poster, The Effect of Task-Specific Training in a Person with Cerebellar Ataxia and Vertigo, by Pamela Cameron SPT (3rd year Doctor of Physical Therapy student) and Jane Freund PT, DPT, NCS (DPT faculty) won second place in the student category at the North Carolina Physical Therapy Association's Fall 2011 Conference.

Janet Cope, Stewart Holt and several Elon DPT alumni (Erin Sanders, Laura Corriher and Davis Templeton) are authors of an article published in this month's Journal of Physical Therapy Education.

Bill Andrews, associate professor of physical therapy, led doctor of physical therapy students and alumni on a trip to Romania in August 2011.

Mark Archambault and Brenda Quincy, faculty members in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, shared their expectations and plans for the 2011-2012 academic year in the September 2011 edition of @Elon, the university's faculty and staff newsletter.

Bill Andrews, associate professor of Physical Therapy, is one of two investigators to publish an article in the current issue of the journal Physiotherapy. The article is a systematic review entitled "Normal Walking Speed: A Descriptive Meta-Analysis."