2010
Academic and Clinical Excellence Award for PTA Students Presented to Dessa Warren, SPTA
(nomination letter written by
Mary Chavez, PTA, MEd, PTA Program Chair, ACCE)
This
letter is being written in support of the nomination of Ms. Dessa Warren for the
Student PTA ACE award from Colorado APTA. Ms. Warren has been a strong, active
member within the PTA program at Pueblo Community College (PCC) from the
beginning. She joined APTA as a student in her first semester of the program,
which is unusual for our student population, since membership is not a
requirement. She has encouraged her classmates to join APTA by bringing in
several of the various materials she received for being a member. She also has
done several searches through APTA’s Hooked on Evidence to support classroom
instruction. She attended Spring convention her first semester and has attended
and assisted with running three different continuing education courses held at
PCC, in which funds raised go towards the PTA SIG of Colorado and the PTA Club
at PCC. Ms. Warren has served in a leadership role within the PTA club as
Historian and in charge of running the PTA Club’s snack store, which raised over
$100.00 a semester. As a Historian the scrapbook she has made of her classmates’
journey of becoming PTAs is awesome! She also serves as a student
representative on the PTA program Advisory board which meets three times a year,
she has made each meeting and actively participates in the meetings. Ms. Warren
actively participated in all club activities such as durable medical equipment
donations to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Samaritan’s Purse Christmas Shoe
Box drive, Thanksgiving baskets that were donated to needy Pueblo Community
College students and collecting items for the APTA PT-PAC silent auction
fundraiser.
Ms. Warren has been strong
academically throughout her education in the PTA program, maintaining a 3.84
GPA, and is a member of Phi Theta Kappa. She has spent many extra hours trying
to grasp and hang onto every bit of knowledge that is given to her and motivated
to search for new knowledge on her own. She is dependable, flexible and a good
team player. Comments from classmates peer reviews state that she is very
respectful, always willing to learn, intent on getting things right, a great
study partner and professional in giving and receiving feedback from classmates
and instructors.
Ms. Warren did well in her first clinical experience
with her clinical instructor also stating that she is very motivated
to learn, dependable, compassionate and professional with staff and
patients.
Ms.
Warren is a deserving candidate for this award. Her motivation and
commitment will be contributing factors as a physical therapist
assistant and to the profession of physical therapy. She will
continue to be an advocate for her clients and the profession of
physical therapy. I strongly encourage you to recognize her
multifaceted strengths and award her with this recognition. Thank
you for the opportunity to submit this letter of support for her
nomination. Therefore without reservation I nominate Ms. Dessa
Warren for the Student PTA ACE award.
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