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University leaders conferred degrees Sunday afternoon on 58 graduate students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, which for the first time hosted its Commencement ceremony in McCrary Theatre.

Graduate students in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Physician Assistant Studies program learned Tuesday from faculty and staff across campus how to create meaningful relationships with underserved and vulnerable populations.

Four faculty members in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ 's Department of Physician Assistant Studies presented at the 2014 Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Forum held in Philadelphia on Oct. 15-19.

The director of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Physician Assistant Studies program received the PAEA's 2014 Master Faculty Award for her contributions to physician assistant education.

A federal program of the Health Resources and Services Administration will provide full tuition and a stipend to four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduate students planning to work in medically underserved regions across the United States.

As part of an effort to improve the medical education system in Iraq, the physicians visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Francis Center on Aug. 21.

On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Doctor of Physical Therapy students said farewell to their non-living anatomy teachers, as they honored the lives of 13 men and women who donated their bodies to science.

Graduate students in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Doctor of Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant Studies programs worked July 11 with a nationally recognized artist to paint muscles, tissue and bone onto classmates in a hands-on approach to anatomy.