We are happy to announce that we have many student and/or faculty presentations and posters at TWO (yes – two) conferences this weekend. If you are heading to the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association (POTA) Conference in King of Prussia, you …
Posters, Presentations, and Conferences – oh my! Read more →
We are happy to announce that Etown faculty and recent graduates will be giving presentations on various topics at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association’s annual conference in State College PA. For more information on the POTA conference, click here. Friday, …
See you soon…at these Etown presentations at the POTA conference in October! Read more →
by Judy Ericksen Responding to email often seems a chore. It’s challenging to keep the inbox manageable. But often, unexpectedly a gift arrives. Here is one such email gift from a recent alum – Jacqueline Nunn. She wrote: …One of …
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Have you heard? Etown students and faculty will once again be giving various presentations at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association’s Annual Conference. This year’s conference is October 14-15 and is being held locally in Lancaster. Come and support your fellow …
By Nancy Carlson Steadman, PhD, OTR/L Just as seasons change, the O.T. dept. is experiencing changes. In June of this year, Dr. Judy Beck Ericksen completed two 3-year terms as O.T. department chairperson and program director. Dr. Ericksen’s term as …
“Amazing” and “transformative” were the most common adjectives participants (college students and adults) used to describe the trip. I would describe it as a series of “seize the moment” experiences which led some of us to dance on beaches in …
Reflections on Vietnam – Verse Five: A Post-Trip Response Read more →
There are no occupational therapy schools in Vietnam so OT practitioners who are in the country are generally working with non-government organization (NGOs) and non-profit organizations on a short-term basis. I was asked to provide some training to a group …
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Over the course of 17 days we traveled the length of Vietnam from Ho Chi Minh City to Saigon and Ha Long Bay. We had four in-country flights and spent hours on buses. We: Interacted with social work students at the …
Reflections on Vietnam – Verse Three: An Overview of the Trip Read more →
Planning for the trip began early in the fall semester of 2014. During the spring semester of 2015, students enrolled in a 2-credit class where they learned about the history and culture of Vietnam, practiced conversational Vietnamese, and planned activities …
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I first posted about the Brittany’s Hope/Elizabethtown College service learning trip to Vietnam on April 6. After much time and reflection, here is the post-trip summary of the trip [May 18 – June 3] in Five Verses. Verse One: A …