M.S. Athletic Training Year in Review

→ July 2023: We welcomed our MS-AT Class of 2025 cohort to Commonwealth University - Lock Haven in July. To take their first class: Fundamentals in Athletic Training. They had the opportunity to participate in ice breakers, concussion evaluations, and some down time relaxing at a pool.

→ August 2023: Due to the generous donations from our alumni, friends, and families to the Porter Student Success Fund, all students received a stocked medical bag that they could use on clinicals.

→ September 2023: Our students were busy at clinicals in the fall. Here is a group of them gearing up for a football game.

→ October 2023: Two of our faculty entered into the Health and Exercise Science Department's faculty Halloween costume contest and were this year's winners!

 → November 2023: Our 1st and 2nd year students gained experience covering the NCAA Division II Regional Cross Country Championships.

 → November 2023: The 1st year cohort had the opportunity of being an active participant for our guest speaker, Dr. Jason Madigan who spoke on Functional Movement Screenings and Injury Prevention. The students also had the opportunity to practice their casting skills.

 → December 2023: The Athletic Training club held their annual holiday party. Lots of food, gift exchanges, and semester stories were shared prior to going home for the winter break.

 → February 2024: Our MS-AT students participated in the DEI Winter Carnival Networking Social at the University. After learning about the DEI Commissions and resources, many of the students gravitated to watching a magician present and/or getting a personal caricature drawing.

 → April 2024: Mr. Scott Devore, Athletic Trainer/Preceptor at Bald Eagle Area High School and one of the most recent EATA Athletic Trainers of the Year recipient, engaged the class in upper extremity mobilizations, manual therapy techniques, and tapings.

 → April 2024: Every year the 1st year students take an annual field trip to the University's pool for Aquatic Therapy lab. This lab is always a favorite lab in Therapeutic Interventions II. The students go through a warm-up with their professor and then are tasked with teaching each other exercises for different pathologies.

 → April 2024: Our 1st and 2nd year students participated in Commonwealth University's College of Health Professions Interprofessional Education Day. This was a day filled with interaction amongst our AT students, nursing students, Pre-PT students, Pre-OT students, and Social Work students. They had opportunities to participate in case studies together, listen to a few faculty presentations, an alumni panel, a LGBTQ+ panel, and present their own research via poster presentations.

 → April 2024: The 1st year students all became trained in Youth Mental Health First Aid through the National Council for Mental Wellbeing. The training the students went through will help them develop a plan for adolescents in both crisis and non-crisis situations.

 → May 2024: Our 2nd years came back from their immersive clinicals to participate in our annual Colloquium, where they present their capstone project and give an overview of their experiences at their immersive clinical site. That evening is our annual AT Banquet where scholarships, awards, and completion certificates are presented to the AT students.

 → May 2024: Prior to graduation, it is tradition to gather for lunch at one of the AT faculty's river lot. Although it was a bit chilly this year, it was nice to remanence on their journey and wish them well in their future endeavors.

 → May 2024: The last group picture of the Class of 2024 before they set off on their new path!