There are those who “do” and those who sit back and watch others “do.” If you were to sit back and watch Laura Perkins “do” – it would wear you out! Perkins is the kind of person that definitely is a doer, and because of this drive, she has chosen to get extremely involved in her new professional career of Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA).

Laura is a mother, a wife, a current MTC student, an MTC tutor, and a scholarship winner for the State Policy Payment Forum through the American Physical Therapy Association or APTA. The Ohio Physical Therapy Association or OPTA awarded the local scholarship to Laura. As a winner of the contest, Perkins won a trip to Philadelphia, PA, where she got to hob-knob with influential people in her field. “It was a great opportunity to meet and network with people in my field from Ohio and throughout the United States,” Perkins said. “The things this organization does affects the PTA profession all across the country and I got to be a part of it,” she continued.

Laura is staying active in the OPTA since her trip to Pennsylvania. She and several classmates have joined the OPTA and represented MTC at the OPTA Conference. “As a result of my involvement, people recognize my name and ask my opinion on what I’m learning. It’s neat to be a voice for the future of the PTA profession,” Perkins states.

Laura is a great example of what “getting involved” can do for a student. The more you network in your field, the better you look to employers. Perkins is doing it – you can, too! To learn more about PTA and all that it has to offer, go to www.mtc.edu/Health.

Radiography Technology

Competitive Students Create “Top Dawg”
Contest in Radiography Technology

In Deb Myers’ radiography class, students don’t just compete against themselves for the highest score – they compete against each other. They created a contest to compete for the “Top Dawg” position in the class. The “Top Dawg” is awarded to the individual with the highest grade point average in Myers class. For Winter term 2008, the Top Dawg class winner was Sarah Wickham.

What does Sarah win? Bragging rights and a spot on the radiography billboard located in the Technical Education Center hallway outside of the radiography lab.

Pictured on the bulletinboard are co-creators, Kelly Dishon and Lisa Fratangelo. It’s a fun way to showcase their program and their classmates!