OTD News Volume 5, Issue 2

Welcome Class of 2018! On May 11, 2015, the OTD program held its fourth annual new student orientation for its Class of 2018. The 3-day event included ceremonies and informational sessions to familiarize the new students to processes, faculty and staff, and most im- portantly the courses for the next 3.66 years. While all sessions occur at the NSU Tampa Regional Campus, the formal welcome reception and ceremony took place at the Sheraton Tampa East Hotel, attended by all faculty, guests and the event dignitaries, Dr. Stanley Wilson, CHCS Dean, and Dr. Terry Morrow- Nelson, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. Introduction to the occupational therapy community included speeches from Sarah Jane Crowley, Florida’s AOTA Representative and Elena Vizvary, President of the Florida Occupational Therapy Associ- ation. The evening was capped with reading the CHCS Creed and a keynote address by Dr. Sandra Barker Dunbar, Assistant Dean for Professional Development. The Class of 2018 also completed their Entrance Colloqui- um. The Entrance Colloquium gives new students the oppor- tunity to familiarize themselves with university policies, curricu- lum layout and design as well as interact and establish fellowship with one another. It also builds teamwork through activities fa- cilitated by the faculty. About the cover : Students create newspaper tower as part of their group process exercise during Entrance Colloquium.  Welcome Class of 2018 2  AOTA Conference 2015 3  AOTA Student Delegate 4  Dr. Carrasco Delivers Honored Lecturer Keynote Address 5  Student Conference Stipend 6  Students Celebrate OT Month 7  Pi Theta Epsilon Beta Delta Tam- pa 8  SOTA 10  Class of 2015 Set to Go on their Final Clinical Rotation 11  Welcome Dr. Z! 12  Student Highlighhts 13 Chancellor’s Scholarship 14 Student Accomplishments 15-18 Inside this issue: