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Reaching Out: ECPI
North Carolina
Greensboro –
Members of Phi Theta
Kappa Honor Society
collected hundreds of
pounds of pet food
and supplies for the
Humane Society.
Virginia
Richmond/Emerywood
– Physical Therapist Assistant stu-
dents from the Emerywood Campus in Richmond participated
in the Special Olympics
Virginia Healthy Athletes
Fun Fitness event for the
third year in a row. The
annual Summer Games
draws hundreds of ath-
letes with various abilities
from across the state. Ten
students worked along-
side physical therapists
and physical therapist
assistants, assessing dozens of athletes for strength, flex-
ibility, cardiovascular endurance, balance, and overall physi-
cal health. Students enjoyed congratulating the athletes on
their successes in the games and giving advice on health and
fitness. The event helped strengthen the students’ patient in-
teractions and assessment skills. Data
collected from the Fun Fitness event
is deposited into a national database
that helps to analyze and address
the physical fitness needs and overall
health of the special needs population.
Steve Touchstone works with
a track and field athlete
Greensboro
– Practical
Nursing students collected
new baby items for mothers
in need.
South Carolina
Charleston
– The American
Red Cross came to campus
and students, faculty, and staff
turned out to donate 25 pints of
blood.
Medical Assisting student Faren Brown
Columbia
–
Members of
the Beta Rho
Gamma Chap-
ter of Phi Theta
Kappa hosted the
Adopt-A-Highway
cleanup and were
joined by faculty,
staff, family members, and fellow students to clean up along
Berryhill Road in front of the Columbia Campus.
Greenville
– Health-
care Administration
students Tyanne Martin
and Laporcha Willing-
ham held a fundrais-
ing event to promote
Stillborn Awareness.
Raleigh
– A host
of clubs and honor
societies across
campus joined
forces to partici-
pate in the Ameri-
can Cancer Soci-
ety’s Relay for Life,
raising $1,115 for
cancer research.
Matt Ernst, Admissions; Bill Armour, Campus President; Ivey Little, Honor Society
Student Vice President; Ashley Abrams, Director of Admissions; Erla Beegle, Instruc-
tor; Heather Mitchell-Botts, Librarian; Gloria Hicks, Director of Student Affairs; Jennifer
Thomason, Medical Club Advisor; Brooke Frame, student; Jamie Hewett, Financial Aid
Representative; and Charles Craven, Criminal Justice Program Director.
Charleston
– Faculty and students hosted 25 middle school
students for a week-long “Build-A-Computer Camp.”
Attendees learned
how hardware and
software makes
their favorite elec-
tronics work and
how to disassemble
and reassemble a
computer.
Scott Millberg measures range of motion