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Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectory
Industry-focused faculty fuel COO鈥檚 career trajectoryWhen LeeAnn Smulligan MBA 鈥09 walks into a room, people listen, not solely because of her title, but because of the way she leads. With more than two decades at Mrs. T鈥檚 Pierogies, Smulligan has...
Department of Science chair loves to dive into research with students
Though he wears hats as associate professor of both biology and physical therapy and as the Department of Science chair at 午夜福利精品福利, at the heart of everything Eric Recktenwald does is research. That, and his students. A grad...
Community need sparks Alvernia grad's entrepreneurial spirit
As a student in Alvernia鈥檚 occupational therapy program, Mary Strausser MSOT 鈥08 did not anticipate a career that centered around children.鈥淚 remember telling my classmates I had no interest in working with kids,鈥 she recalled. 鈥淚 thought I鈥檇 be p...
MSOT standout aims to advance use of 3-D prosthetic hands
As a high school student, Regina Rossi perused occupational therapy programs and Alvernia鈥檚 stood out. 鈥淲hen I discovered the school offered a five-year OT program, I was intrigued and when I visited the beautiful campus and spoke to the dedicated...