HU Department of Physical Therapy Celebrates the White Coat and Pinning Ceremonies

HU Department of Physical Therapy Celebrates the White Coat and Pinning Ceremonies

Second year physical therapy students were officially launched into their career field during Hampton University’s White Coat Ceremony last week on Sept. 12, 2015. Students in the Class of 2017 were able to gain a sense of the Department of Physical Therapy’s core values, which include: competency, leadership, compassion, integrity and service.    

By accepting and wearing the white coat, the students showed their dedication to health care and the physical therapy profession. This ceremony recognized students who had successfully completed their first year in the program and will be gaining their first clinical experiences starting in October.

Pinning Ceremony was also held on that day, formally initiating the Class of 2018 students into the physical therapy education program and profession.  During this ceremony students received the “SPT” or Student Physical Therapist pin, the first of two pins rewarded in the three year program. Upon completion of the program the second pin, with “DPT” or Doctor of Physical Therapy, will be rewarded.

The CEO of the American Physical Therapy Association, Michael Bowers, was the keynote speaker for both ceremonies. Bowers was able to discuss his expertise in a variety of aspects due to his background as a therapist in the justice system, minister, and as the CEO of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy.

Both events were held in Phenix Hall here on campus.  The ceremonies were emotional for professors, attending family members, and students who are now starting a new chapter as they continue their progression through the physical therapy program.

- Ryan Jordan ' 16

HU Junior Selected To HBCU Digital Media Fellowship Program

HU Junior Selected To HBCU Digital Media Fellowship Program 

Hampton, Va. - Hampton University junior Phillip Jackson as been selected to participate in the HBCU Digital Media Fellowship program sponsored by the Knight Foundation.

HU junior Phillip Jackson

The HBCU Digital Media Fellowship provides students advanced exposure and practical knowledge of emerging technologies, tools and approaches to reporting and distributing news online. Five students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities receive a hands-on experience during the three-day Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet, Sept. 24-26 in Los Angeles.

"I'm really excited for this opportunity to network with established journalists and work with young, up and coming journalists of color from different schools," said Jackson. "I understand that diversity in the newsroom is important, and this is what we are here for."

Jackson, a print journalism major in the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications, is one of five HBCU students participating in the program. The other HBCUs represented in the program are Howard University, Prairie View A&M University, Florida A&M University and Morehouse College. 

Supported for the second year by the Knight Foundation, these students receive an all-expense-paid trip to the conference, as well as a free one-year ONA membership. Over the three days, they work closely with lead mentor Michael Grant, Designer/Web Producer, San Francisco Chronicle, and Michelle Johnson, the ONA Student Newsroom Chair and Associate Professor of Practice, Multimedia Journalism at Boston University to produce multimedia packages for the conference and participate in intensive data journalism training.


- Matthew A. White '10

HU Pharmacy Inductees Celebrate White Coat Ceremony

HU Pharmacy Inductees Celebrate White Coat Ceremony 

First-year pharmacy students launched the official beginning of their professional education upon completing Hampton University's White Coat Ceremony.  An emotional time for students and faculty alike, as students embark on their lives in the professional study of pharmacy.

Dean of Pharmacy, Dr. Wayne Harris addresses the incoming class

New Inductees, faculty and family pose with white Coats donned

The White Coat Ceremony is symbolic in that it aids first-year pharmacy students to gain a sense of the School’s core values, which include: professionalism, respect, integrity and caring. By donning the white coat, students show their dedication to health care and the pharmacy profession.  

The highly anticipated event was held in Robert C. Ogden Auditorium, September 17th at 11:00 AM.

2015 White Coat Inductees
-Photos by Doreen Wiggins

-Mariah Baylor '13

HU Hosts Annual 1619 Making of America Conference The Arc of Social Justice: From 1619 to the 1965 Voting Rights Act and Beyond

HU Hosts Annual 1619 Making of America ConferenceThe Arc of Social Justice: From 1619 to the 1965 Voting Rights Act and Beyond 

(Wednesday, September 16th)

In an era of nationwide discussion and unrest in regard to civil rights, Hampton University’s School of Liberal Arts partnered with The Joseph Roberts Center for African Diaspora Studies at Norfolk State University (NSU), to analyze the irony of American democracy and enlighten millennials of their power to replace a falling empire.  HU’s McGrew Towers opened its doors to students, faculty and the general public to host the 2015 “1619 Making of America Conference.”  

The 1619 Conference works to bring awareness to issues of race, gender, law and culture. Dr. Eric Claville, Assistant Professor of Law, Political Science, and History and Co-Chair of the 1619 Conference, welcomed guests as well as delivered the conference's keynote address. 

"Laws and public policy are created for several reasons: to control and dictate people, beliefs and resources. What is was and what was, shall be. If you think that a style you're wearing is new, it's been done before. " 

Dr. Eric Claville (left) greeting press before his keynote address.
-Photo by Mariah Baylor

Of the many scholar and student panel presentations, throughout the day-long event, famed actor and Norfolk native Tim Reid delivered a riveting message to millennials.  Reid focused on the transition from resistance fighter, made popular by The Black Panther Party, to the “hands up, don’t shoot” campaign used today. As well as the concept that all art and media are some sort of propaganda.

“What is that (hands up, don’t shoot) known around the world to be? Surrender. Think about that. (hands up, don’t shoot insinuates) I’m not like the Black Panther Party. Don’t hurt me, I’ve got selfies to take,” said Reid.

Actor & panelist Tim Reid
-Photo by Mariah Baylor

Each conference speaker presented in a round table format and encouraged all participants to contribute to the conversation.  Visiting NSU assistant professor of sociology Dr. James Curiel, shed light on pop culture’s (Hollywood specifically) “monsterizing of progressives: liberals, feminists and people of color,” during his presentation of The Birth of a Cinematic Storyline.

Other notable conference attendees and panelists included HU’s own Dr. Mavis Carr, Assistant Professor at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications (SHSJC), Larry Rubama, sports journalist with the Virginian-Pilot, and Dr. Cathy Jackson, NSU Associate Professor of Mass Communications.

Images of Blackness & Criminality in America's Media Panelists
-Photo by Mariah Baylor

Panel-goers await the keynote address.
-Photo by Mariah Baylor

-Mariah Baylor '13 

HU Scripps Howard Students Learn First-Hand About The Business of Journalism From Bloomberg News’ Matthew Winkler

HU Scripps Howard Students Learn First-Hand About The Business of Journalism From Bloomberg News’ Matthew Winkler

Hampton University students took detailed notes, asked germane questions, and received answers straight from the mouth of Bloomberg News' Editor-In-Chief Emeritus, Matthew Winkler.   Topics of lively discussion ranged from: The birth of Bloomberg L.P. in 1981, The Bloomberg Way’s Five Fs, and the revolutionary news terminal that propelled journalism into the digital age.

Pulley (Left) & Winkler (Right) pose for photos before the main event.

     -Photo by Mariah Baylor

Dean of the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications (SHSJC) Brett Pulley, introduced Winkler and the two shared anecdotes from the early days of Bloomberg and enlightened students about business journalism in the current political climate.  Of the anecdotes shared by Winkler, the most popular was a tale accounting the first time any US President, President Barack Obama, cited Bloomberg News as its sole news organization, during a live speech on American business to the Detroit Economic Club at Wayne State University. 

“This President (President Obama) will be perceived as one of the best Presidents for American business, ever,” said Bloomberg News cofounder and Bloomberg L.P. board member, Winkler.

Scripps Howard students’ proficiency and knowledge of the Bloomberg Terminal can be attributed directly to their hands-on classroom experience, upon its insertion to the journalism school by Dean Pulley in 2012. 

        Winkler & Pulley enjoy a video presentation. 

                             -Photo by Mariah Baylor                                  

Winkler to Dean Pulley and students on the worldwide use of the Bloomberg News Terminal and the importance of great data use in journalism, “You asked for an example of how important the (Bloomberg) terminal is to understanding and writing great stories? With just a little imagination you can take it (the story) way beyond where you think it is.”

“Great data really empowers you,” exclaimed Dean Pulley.  All future words and stories, equipped with data from Bloomberg News terminals, rests in the steady hands of Scripps Howard students. 

Winkler & Pulley discuss the importance of the Bloomberg News Terminal.

 -Photo by Mariah Baylor

Among the many questions Winkler’s Q&A inspired, eager students asked for a walk through of Bloomberg’s famous “Five Fs” of journalism, of which Bloomberg journalists as well as journalists from competing news sources operate devotedly: factual word, first word, fastest word, final word, and future word.

Winkler answers student questions &
poses for photos after the event.
-Photo by Mariah Baylor

Winkler (Left), Baylor (Right)
Photo by Mariah Baylor

-Mariah Baylor '13

                         

HU set to blanket the globe over summer break

HU set to blanket the globe over summer break

The Hampton University International Office is sending a record number of HU students abroad this summer.

"There is a lot of students who are either abroad now or are departing this summer," said Ebony Majeed, International Office Director.  "It is going to be our largest summer since the creation of this office in Fall 2009."

HU will have 48 students studying abroad in 12 countries on five continents. Some students will be traveling in large groups, while others will be trekking the global  alone. 

HU Senior Regina Porter-Johnson

Regina Porter-Jordan, a senior architecture major, will be traveling to various parts France as a part of the Department of Architecture’s Urban Study Abroad summer session. During this session all Architecture majors are required to travel abroad after completing their third year. 

HU’s three winners of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship will also be studying abroad.  Juniors Rashad Williams, Justin Alvis and Leana Camille will use the prestigious scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, to travel the globe this summer and fall.

HU Juniors Rashad Williams, Leana Camille, Justin Alvis (left to right)

Williams, a political science and communications double major from Raleigh, NC, will be spending the summer in Shanghai, China with the Center for Academic Study Abroad Global Cities Program and studying at East China Normal University. 

Camille, a political science major from St. Albans, NY, will travel to Thessaloniki, Greece and work with International Study Abroad and study at The American College of Thessaloniki.

Alvis, a strategic communications major from Cleveland, Ohio, will be in London, working with American Institute of Foreign Study and studying at The American International University - Richmond. 

“I chose China as my destination because I want to immerse myself in a culture that challenges me to escape my comfort zone,” said Williams. “I have never been out of the country, so I figured the best location to study was one that is over 7,000 miles away from home. Also, China is a great place to gain competitive work experience because of its leading economy and powerful government system."

Hampton University will make its presence felt in the international community this summer as students from various majors will visit countries that include: Spain, Italy, Brazil, Zambia, Greece, South Africa, Germany, Japan, England and more.

Are you studying or traveling abroad this summer? Let us know by using the hashtag #HUWorld when posting your pictures to social media. 

M.A. White - '10