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CHP awards scholarships to students 

The College of Health Professions (CHP) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences awarded scholarships to 10 of its outstanding students in a ceremony held June 8 in the atrium of the new CHP complex.
 
The scholarship awards ceremony is held annually to honor the recipients and acknowledge the benefactors who make these awards possible.
 
This year’s awards include six scholarships awarded to 10 students representing each of the three programs within the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences: Communication Sciences & Disorders, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy.
 
Presentations made at the 2006 awards ceremony included the following:

Lynsey Robinson

The Rowley Award for Education: presented in honor of academic achievement to Lynsey Robinson, representing the Communication Sciences & Disorders program; Jessica Doner, representing the Occupational Therapy program; and Timothy Jackson, representing the Physical Therapy program. The Rowley Award for Education in Rehabilitation Sciences is awarded to a first year student who is selected based on academic achievement and financial need. The Jessica Doner

finalists for the award submit an essay on the topic, “The Art and Science of Being an Excellent Health Professional,” which is judged by the awards committee. The Rowley Award for Education is one of three scholarships made possible through the support of Brock Rowley and his late wife, Kathleen, who began the Kathleen and Brock Rowley Scholarships in 2001.

Timothy Jackson

The Rowley Award for Clinical/Research Excellence in Rehabilitation Sciences: presented to Kristina Madden, representing the Communication Sciences & Disorders program; Lindsay Steelman, representing the Occupational Therapy program; and Julie Carraway, representing the Physical Therapy program. This scholarship is awarded to third-year students in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences for the purpose of enhancing educational experiences in the clinical and research arenas. Although specific criteria for the award vary by program, the award recognizes Madden, Steelman and Carraway for demonstrated excell-ence in their academic, clinical and research endeavors.

Kristina Madden



Lindsay Steelman





Julie Carraway

The Rowley Award for Academic Enhancement in the Rehabilitation Sciences: presented to Kristen Driesse. This award is for a second or third year student. It is designed to provide seed money to provide support for professional activities in areas such as presentations at professional meetings, research projects, professional enhancement in continuing education, and community outreach and service programs. Driesse also is the recipient of this year’s Kenneth and Cozie Thomas Scholarship. Established through the beneficence of Jack Thomas, Ph.D., associate professor of Rehabilitation Sciences, in honor of his parents, this scholarship is given annually to a second-year Rehabilitation Sciences student. Driesse was judged by the faculty to have potential for becoming an outstanding clinician and to have demonstrated exceptional academic and professional perfor-mance.

Kristen Driesse

The Eric Michael Hardy Memorial Scholarship: awarded to Emily Devine, a physical therapy student in the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences based on her community service and compassion in helping others. The Hardy Memorial Scholarship was established by Ruth Hardy Wyse, a member of the IT team in the College of Health Professions Dean’s Office, on behalf of the Hardy family to honor the memory of their son and brother. The donations of the Hardy family make possible an annual award to a Rehabilitation Sciences student who demon-strates not only the technical skills to treat patients, but the capacity to touch and enhance the quality of their lives as well.

Emily Devine

The Catherine Michele Poulnot Memorial Scholarship: awarded to physical therapy students Erin Carlton and Teresa Hibbs in honor of their demonstrated commitment to programs which improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities. Carlton and Hibbs continue a legacy begun by Catherine Michele Poulnot, a former College of Health Professions student in whose name the scholarship was established by her parents, Sandra and Capers Poulnot. Catherine Michele Poulnot was a biomedical engineer who worked in the physical therapy department at MUSC designing and developing devices to improve the mobility of children and adults with disabilities. She loved working with children and volunteered a significant amount of her time to agencies dedicated to persons who are disabled. The Poulnot scholarship, as do the other scholarships presented during this ceremony, make it possible to pass the gift of education from one generation to the next, benefiting both the student recipients and the communities they ultimately serve.

Teresa Hibbs

Presiding at the ceremony were chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Jennifer Horner, Ph.D., J.D., and associate professor Lisa Saladin, Ph.D., chair of the scholarship selection committee. In attendance were faculty, staff and students who came to honor the accomplishments of students and peers recognized as among the best and brightest of the College of Health Professions. 

Erin Carlton

Representing College of Health Professions administration were professor and interim dean, Becki Trickey, Ph.D., as well as professor and associate dean of sttudent affairs and planning, David Ward, Ph.D. Trickey recognized the scholarship donors who made the awards possible, including attendees Sandra Poulnot, Ruth Hardy Wyse, and Jack Thomas, Ph.D., as well as Brock Rowley, who could not attend.
 
Assisting with the award presentations were Department of Rehabilitation Sciences faculty including professor and director of the Occupational Therapy Educational Program, Maralynne Mitcham, Ph.D.; associate professor Sandra Brotherton, Ph.D.; assistant professor and academic coordinator of clinical education, Debora Brown, assistant professor Nancy Carson, and assistant professor and director of clinical education Laurel Hays.

   

Friday, July 14, 2006
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