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15th Anniversary Celebration
Participants from the entire campus, along with the local community, alumni, and clinicians joined in the celebration of the 15^th anniversary of the Department of Physical Therapy Education last week. On Friday, October 19, the department's students, faculty, and staff hosted an Open House and Health Fair with several stations that assessed an individual s grip strength, standing balance, posture, body fat, and reaching ability. Persons could also experience sitting on large, inflatable rubber balls for exercise activities and have an ergonomic assessment while seated at a computer station. Pedometers to measure walking distance and hand grip springs to increase strength were some of the gifts available to those who participated in the health fair. A representative from the office of State Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod presented a letter of congratulations and acknowledgement for the contribution made to the community by the PT program and Western University. An I-Pod was given out as the grand prize and selected from those persons who completed all five stations, and a reception area completed the event with fresh fruit and granola bars available for all.

A half-day educational presentation followed by a luncheon took place on Saturday, October 20. An internationally recognized physical therapist, Shirley A. Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Professor of Physical Therapy/Neurology/Cell Biology and Physiology at the Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, spoke on How Should Physical Therapy Move to Optimize its Role in Healthcare? About 50 DPT students and alumni, along with the program faculty and clinical education faculty, had a special opportunity to hear this approach to defining movement system impairments from such a distinguished member of the physical therapy profession. Dr. Sahrmann signed two copies of her book, Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes which were donated by the publisher, Mosby and Company, and given as gifts to the day s attendees. University President Philip Pumerantz, PhD, along with Gary Gugelchuk, PhD, Senior Vice President for Executive Affairs; Stephanie Bowlin, EdD, Dean of the College of Allied Health Professions; Dee Schilling, PT, PhD, Chair, Department of Physical Therapy Education; and Georgeanne Vlad, PT, MA, Associate Chair/Director of Clinical Education, Department of Physical Therapy Education, welcomed the audience and acknowledged the history and founding of the physical therapy program, along with plans for opening three additional colleges at the university in 2009.

A Special Thank You
To our sponsor BMS, The Rehabilitation Specialist for their generous donation to the15th Anniversary Luncheon. With their donation we were able to make the event a great success!

DPTE Open House, November 3, 2007
The Physical Therapy Department hosted...