Honors & Awards
Preceptor of the Year for 2009
We are happy to announce that the 2009 Preceptor of the Year was awarded to Toni Gillette. Toni received her bachelors in Occupational Therapy from Mount Mary College in 1995 and her Masters in Management and Organizational Behavior from Silver Lake College in 1999. She has been working full time as an Occupational Therapist at Froedtert Hospital since January of 1996. Froedtert has offered her the opportunity to work with a variety of diagnoses including traumatic and nontraumatic neurological impairments, orthopedic injury, joint replacements, deconditioning, and most recently spinal cord injury. She is one of the staff members involved with the aquatic therapy program. She is thrilled to take on Level I & II students because "bright minds and fresh ideas bring so much to the therapy department".
Department of Kinesiology Scholarship and Award Recipients for 2008-2009
Congratulations to the following OT students:
- Averill Scholarship-Andrea DeKarske, Cindy Hinrichs, Erin Tauscher.
- Jean Chapman Kiernat Scholarship-Valerie A. Lammers
- Amelia E H Doyon Scholarship-Elinore McKenzie
- Caroline G Thompson Scholarship-Elizabeth Hoesly, Angela Jordahl-Bartels
- Witkay Scholarship-Joshua Hedrich
- Thompson Wisconsin Distinquished PhD Fellowship-Gail Groth, Julie Hunley
- Wisconsin Occupational Therapy Association Scholarship-Jessica Klatt
- Elizabeth Roughton Memorial Travel Award-Summer Shepstone, Anne Baumgardner
- Graduate Student Mentor Award-Summer Shepstone
Distinguished Achievement Award
Dr. Mary Schneider was recognized by the School of Education receiving its highest honor, the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award. This award recognizes Dr. Schneider's outstanding contributions to the Occupational Therapy Program, the School of Education, and research into the prenatal origins of childhood disability.
Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation Award
Mary Schneider, P.h.D was honored with the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation Award "in recognition of her contributions to SPD research". This award was presented at the Sensory Processing Disorders: Advanced Research and Innovative Interventions event in New York City in November 2007.
The highest honor given by the American Occupational Therapy Association was given to one of our alumni, RUTH ZEMKE, in 2003 and to our own faculty member, BETTY HASSELKUS, Professor Emerita and past editor of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, in 2005. See Emeritus Faculty.
Ruth Zemke Alumni Award