RPTM Kudos and Announcements April 4, 2007
Congratulations Alumni
Laura Rugledge ’94 (laurutledge @dejazzd.com), Pennsylvania State Chair for the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, presented information on therapeutic horseback riding to RPTM 486 on March 22.
Kristen Stahl Sharp ’97 (cmt@mksinc.com) gave birth to Quinton Robert on Wednesday, March 28 at 5:07 pm. Everyone is doing well.
Congratulations Students
Anita Younker (aus208@psu.edu) has been awarded a two year Prevention and Methodology Training fellowship beginning July 1.
Cara Bell (cmb5021@psu.edu), Amanda Tylka (aet5015@psu.edu) and Adrienne Long (as166@psu.edu) were selected as members of the Women’s Leadership Initiative.
The PGM Student Society is a finalist to be recognized as the Outstanding Student Organization of the Year for the University. A video highlighting their efforts this year with THON can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbMU1Gv4z4.
The following students attended the PA Recreation and Park Society Annual Convention held at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey March 25 – 28: Maggie Neil (mmn144@psu.edu), Lindsay Johnson (lbj119@psu.edu), Andrew Blackburn (amb5002@psu.edu), Cara Bell (cmb5021@psu.edu), and Katie Clifford (kec194@psu.edu).
Congratulations Faculty
Linda Caldwell gave a two-part, three and a half day intensive workshop to the Fairfax County Virginia Department of Recreation and Community Services, Teen Services Division on “Evidence-based Programming: Making a Difference” on February 26 – 27 and March 26 – 28. The workshop included reading research and using theories and empirical evidence to design logic models for program development and evaluation.
In the News
Christine Buzinde and seven other Penn State faculty from across the Commonwealth are members of a multidisciplinary working group on indigenous knowledge and development in East Africa who spent spring break in Tanzania. Their mission is to initiate a long-term collaboration among Western-trained academics from Penn State and Tanzania and local residents http://live.psu.edu/story/23215.
Kortney Clemons (krc175@psu.edu) a junior in Therapeutic Recreation was featured in an article “Helping Soldiers Heal” in the April issue of Outreach Magazine. Kortney was also highlighted in the March 30 edition of The Daily Collegian. He will compete in the Parapan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in July. If he finishes in the top six he will qualify for the summer 2008 Paralympics Games in Beijing.
Kaycee Zielinski (kdz5003), RPTM student and member of the Lady Lions Softball team, was profiled in The Daily Collegian on April 2. Kacyee delivered a clutch, bases clearing triple that led the Lions to an 8 – 3 victory over the Wisconsin Badgers on Sunday, April 1. www.collegian.psu.edu.
If you have accomplished something you would like to share with the RPTM crew, please notify me. Also, if you are aware of accomplishments or quotes by our alumni, students, or staff, please let me know so I can share the news. Thank you! – John Dattilo, Professor and Department Head jxd8@psu.edu