LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Bellarmine University Department of Physical Therapy will formally welcome a new class of students to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program in a White Coat Ceremony at 3 p.m., Friday, May 29. The ceremony will be held in the Amy Cralle Theater in the Wyatt Center for the Arts on the Bellarmine Campus.
The guest speaker for the event is Daniel Riddle, PT, Ph.D. Riddle is a fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association, deputy editor of Physical Therapy Journal and the Otto D. Payton Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, in Richmond.
Students in the new class are:
Chase Almgren, Sarah Ansburg, Ann Bedwell, Emily Betz, Joshua Bixler, Steven Blakely, Adam Bockey, Kevin Boothe, Jordan Bormann, Amelia Cantrell, Megan Castagno, Constance "Nicole" Clark, Emily Clark, Dana Collins, Jennifer Edwards, Michael Fogarty, Edward Foring, Erin Foster, Julie Frederick, David Grinnell, Natalie Gutmann, Emily Hartman, Alex Kent, Judith Luckett, Colleen Mathews, Elliot Mattingly, Nathan McCauley, Lorie McGarrh, Kimberli McMillin, Lisa Miville, James Mountain, Jesse O'Donley, Courtney Pancake, Deric Parrish, David Pieschel, Simone Potts, Tessa Puckett, Billie Rehberg, Nora Richardson, Kristine Rizzo, Jaimin Shah, Cassie Shay, Erin Shinkle, Samantha Sowder, Etta "Nikki" Spencer, Jody Swimmer, Bruce Tan and Laura White.
Bellarmine University is an independent Catholic university offering more than 50 majors, as well as graduate degree programs and a doctor of physical therapy. Forbes magazine and the Princeton Review rank Bellarmine among America’s best colleges, and U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks Bellarmine as a top tier university.
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