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Junior Juliana Valli is a striker on the field hockey team and a physical therapy major in the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. Valli is one of 13 health science majors on her team.

Student-athletes enhance their health science education on the playing field

By Ana Gavilanes, Contributing Writer • October 17, 2023
Beyond their experiences in the classroom, student-athletes at Ithaca College are expanding their knowledge of the human body through the grind of practice sessions and the excitement of game days. 
Linda Petrosino ’77, M.S. ’78, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, has been the dean of the School of HSHP since 2012 and has facilitated the development of programs, partnerships and strategic goals.

Linda Petrosino to receive Presidential Medal at commencement

By Noa Ran-Ressler, Assistant News Editor • May 3, 2023
The Ithaca College Presidential Medal will be presented to Linda Petrosino ’77, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, on May 21 at the 2023 Commencement Ceremony. 
Linda Petrosino ’77, M.S. ’78, retiring dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, has been the dean of the School of HSHP since 2012 and has facilitated the development of programs, partnerships and strategic goals.

Linda Petrosino retires as dean of the School of HSHP

By Prakriti Panwar, Assistant News Editor • March 3, 2023
Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, announced the retirement of Linda Petrosino as dean of the School of HS&HP.
Julie Dorsey, professor, chair and program director of the Department of Occupational Therapy, said the faculty in the department worked hard to develop the curriculum for the doctorate program so that it is efficient for students. Additionally, Dorsey said only 50 students will be admitted to the OTD doctorate program. 

Department of Occupational Therapy offers doctoral degree program

By Jadyn Davis, Staff Writer • September 14, 2022
The Department of Occupational Therapy has implemented a new six-year undergraduate-plus doctoral degree program that will begin in Fall 2023.
The program is 27 months long and is designed for college graduates interested in pursuing health careers.

New Physician Assistant program welcomes first students

By Syd Pierre, Assistant News Editor • September 1, 2021
Offered by the college’s School of Health Sciences and Human Performance (HSHP), the PA program was officially launched in Spring 2021 and welcomed its first class in Fall 2021.
Raj Subramaniam, professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education, works with students in Teaching Fitness in Physical Education on March 24 in Ben Light Gymnasium.

School of HSHP education majors eliminated

By Jordan Broking, Staff Writer • March 24, 2021
The health education, physical education and dual degree in both health and physical education are among the programs to be cut as part of the APP process.
Junior McKensie Galusha, a physical therapy student, treats a patient at the Ithaca College Physical Therapy Clinic in the Center for Health Sciences. The physical therapy clinic, among others, has opened for limited in-person operations for Spring 2021.

School of HSHP clinics operate amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Makayla Carozzolo, Contributing Writer • March 11, 2021
Clinics in the School of Health Science and Human Performance are continuing to offer hands-on learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Christina Moylan, director of public health emergency preparedness, first began working at the college in 2015 as an assistant professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education in which she specialized in health policy and management. She then went on to work as associate dean of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance in 2018.

Q&A: Director of public health emergency preparedness discusses position

By Desiree Holz, Contributing Writer • September 14, 2020
Christina Moylan was appointed director of public health emergency preparedness at Ithaca College in August.
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