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This week, students from the Department of Physical Therapy Education Class of 2011 planted a Live Oak in honor of the human donors they had as teachers this year. At the memorial service held in July 2009 the students agreed that they wanted to commemorate the donors’ gift with something permanent. A tree was the logical gift as it signifies both life and knowledge.

Three ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduate students have launched a blog to share their experiences as they progress through ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

DPT candidates on Tuesday said their farewells as they honored the lives of 10 men and women who donated their bodies to science and who, for the past seven months, served as “teachers” to Class of 2011 students studying anatomy as part of their doctoral program at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

The deadliest wreck in the history of the Metrorail system in Washington, D.C., killed the parents of an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ DPT alum. Services are scheduled for early next week, with a memorial fund established to honor their memories.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students Megan Stobie G'09, Casey Hambel '09, Drew Lanzl '09 and Becca Leslie '11 led the Alamance Stingrays in Aquatics at the recent 2009 Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games in Cary, N.C., where the team collected more than a dozen medals in competition.

Jeremy Gates can’t remember the car wreck that nearly claimed his life. But for the Burlington man, who undergoes physical therapy with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ DPT students and staff at Alamance Regional Medical Center, that’s not important. His desire to walk is another story.

 Physical therapy faculty and students presented their research findings at the Combined Sections Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association on Feb. 11-12. The conference was held in Las Vegas, Nev. The following presentations were given (faculty listed first):