Message from the President of the Class of 2005
By: Kathryn Cunningham, SPT
President, DPT Class of 2005

It’s hard to believe that graduation is less than a year away now.  We have really grown and 
matured as a class and are finally making the transition from student to professional.  We’ll admit…we still have our doubts about our PT skills, but we have the momentum to hit the ground running. 

 Enough about the future, what have we been up to in the past year? Well, we all completed our acute care affiliation this past summer and now many of us have completed our orthopedic and geriatric integrated affiliations  The geriatric clinic has given us much-needed experience working with a different generation and their special needs.  This year we also worked for the UD’s field hockey team, gave massages at Bike to the Bay, and sold clothing and Tupperware to raise money.  A portion of the fundraising profits will be donated to the Foundation for Physical Therapy and another part was used to help pay for our formal this past February.  Our class has been continuing the UDPT tradition of community service through involvement in the MS Assessment Clinic, scoliosis screenings at local schools and various other volunteer activities.
  
With support from alumni contributions, a number of students from both classes attended APTA Annual Conference 2003 and the March for Direct Access, National Student Conclave (NSC) 2003 and Combined Sections Meeting 2004.  Thank you to all the alumni and faculty that continue to give us their undivided attention and support.  You are our mentors, and we couldn’t go through this process without you.