PA Students receive recognition at awards dinner

Several soon-to-be alumni were recognized from the PA Class of 2004 at the PA Graduation and Awards Dinner held May 13.

Honorees included Janelle Hardisty (pictured at left with Hank Lemke, PA, director, and Dr. Ronald Blanck), named as the Class of 2004 President's Scholar: Jennifer Boedecker, who received the Outstanding Achievement in PA Studies Award for Didactic Studies; and Wade Smith who received the Outstanding Acheivement in PA Studies Award for Clinical Studies.

Dr. Sam Buchanan, chair of TCOM's surgery department, presented the first-ever Surgery Award for a PA student to Stephanie Sheilds. Jennifer Boedecker was also awarded the Outstanding Master's Project Award for her paper. "The Association Between Regular Foot Exams and Diabetic Outcomes." Three other students received Certificates of Excellence for their master's projects, including Miny Sunny for her original research on "Health Risks Associated with Working the Night Shift Among North Texas Nurses;" Cheryl Houston for her educational project, "A Career Awareness Program Targeting African American High School and College Students;" and Mauri Maurizio for her literature review project researvhing "The Roles That Physicians and Patients Play in Antibiotic Research."