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Thank you for visiting CyberPT’s web page for finding information on scholarships, grants and tuition/continuing education reimbursement. At CyberPT our goal is to help promote the physical therapy profession and the individuals who provide physical therapy services. Given the importance of education and the high costs of obtaining such resources, CyberPT has listed links below to various organizations who may be able to assist financially towards the success of individuals involved in
the physical therapy profession. If you have additional information on scholarships or other areas of financial assistance for the further development and education of physical therapy professionals please email us at
feedback@cyberpt.com,
so that we can include it on this page.
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $250 CyberPT Spring 2012 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Jim McGuire is a physical therapy student
at the University of Washington. He decided to be a physical therapist because he
believes the human body is fascinating. He loves working with people to help
them solve problems. He loves working in an environment that is active, hands-on
and full of surprises. He has always enjoyed working with people from a broad
diversity of backgrounds. Unfortunately, he went through most of his life
uninjured, so he was completely unaware of what physical therapists do. Lucky
for him, he skied off a cliff and ruptured his Achilles tendon 3 years ago so he
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Patsy Cantor is a physical therapy student at
East Tennessee State University. In her first career she was a machinist and
electronics worker. She like the challenge of figuring out a mystery and coming
up with innovative products to make tanks and helicopters run more efficiently.
She was also a combat lifesaver, not quite a medic, but was trained to think
quick on her feet and to save lives. Now she states she gets to use her
detective skills on pain, weakness, immobility & instability and finds it so
rewarding to see someone regain what they have lost. She loves to exercise,
motivate and knows what it feels like to hurt. Everyday she is in the program
she knows PT is a perfect fit for her. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $250 CyberPT Fall 2011 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Alyssa Marshall is a physical therapy student
at Marquette University in Wisconsin. She first became interested in physical
therapy after tearing her ACL three years ago. In order to get back to playing
soccer she had a physical therapist aid in her rehabilitation process. Her
physical therapist was wonderful. She inspired her to become a physical
therapist. After she recovered, she continued going to the clinic to volunteer.
She fell in love with the atmosphere and more importantly the relationships she
built with the patients. When she volunteers there she states it doesn't feel
like she is working. That feeling made her realize Physical Therapy is what she
was meant to do. |
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Kaitlin Reynolds is a physical therapy student at
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She stated that she wanted to be a
physical therapist since she was about 13 years old. She loves that as a health
care professional, physical therapists have the benefit of building
relationships with their patients. In many other health care professions
patients are in and out the door. As a people-person she strives to get to know
her patients! Ultimately she would like to be able to help people live their
lives in the best way there is - pain free!
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $250 CyberPT Spring 2011 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Brian Chapman is a physical therapy student at
the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He reports that his patient-first
personality makes physical therapy an excellent career choice for him. He
describes himself as a very motivated and hard-working individual which he feels
are aspects of his character which match up well with the orthopedic and sports
patients that he hopes to work with. He states that he has always enjoyed
helping people accomplish their goals, and he feels that physical therapy is an
exceptional way to continue to do this. He realizes how difficult it can be for
people to recover from injuries. Whether it is getting back to the sports they
love or just living pain free, a timely recovery is a must. |
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Andrea Millea is a physical therapy student at
Creighton University in Nebraska. She wants to be a physical therapist because
she believes it is one of the most fulfilling careers a person can do. Not only
will she be helping people regain their highest functional abilities, but she
will also be building a relationship with them and helping their mind, body, and
soul. The amazing variety of areas and creativeness that come with physical
therapy also drew her to the profession, and throughout her time in physical
therapy school she has only gotten more and more excited about her future in the
healthcare profession as a physical therapist.
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $250 CyberPT Fall 2010 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Jacqueline Carter is a physical therapy student
at Washington University in St. Louis. She wants to be a physical therapist so
she can give patients the best care available in order to allow them to live
healthier, happier, more fulfilled lives. She believes that enabling people to
be physically active with less pain opens the door to fitness, activity and
living a healthy lifestyle. She feels that the country needs healthcare change,
and by having positive relations with each patient, physical therapists have a
unique opportunity to promote this on a day to day basis. |
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Julie Gailey is a physical therapy student at the
University of Maryland in Baltimore. She wants to be a physical therapist
because she loves working with people, learning about their lives and their
unique experiences. She wants to be able to make an impact on someone's health
in a way that they wouldn't be able to have without physical therapy. She is
especially interested in working with patients with spinal cord and stroke
injuries to show them progress can be made.
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $250 CyberPT Spring 2010 Scholarship
Sweepstakes! |
Maria Nitz is a physical therapy student at the
University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse. She wants to be a physical therapist because
it is a profession that allows her to work directly with people. By being a PT,
she is able to utilize her knowledge and skills to better the lives of her
patients. It also allows her to continue to learn and to improve her skills for
years to come. The physical therapy profession is constantly advancing and she
looks forward to taking advantage of the learning opportunities and applying
those to her practice. She believes every aspect of physical therapy is
interesting to her. Therefore, she has enjoyed every opportunity that has
presented to her so far. |
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Tyler Gilson is a physical therapy student at
Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. There are many reasons why he has chosen
the profession of physical therapy. Of all his reasons, the most appealing to
him is the job satisfaction of working with people everyday. He believes that
being independent of the setting that you work in will allow every therapist the
opportunity to touch the lives of many people. He states that helping people is
not only rewarding but challenging as well because each patient can present as a
new "puzzle" to solve. He was always told that by finding a career that he loves
will mean that he will never have to work a day in his life. In choosing
physical therapy, he looks forward to never having to work a day in his life.
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Spring 2009 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Allison Allen is a physical therapy student at
Concordia University in Wisconsin. She has wanted to become a physical therapist
ever since shadowing a physical therapist in high school. Her passion has
continued to grown and now she desires to work in the pediatric field. It is her
goal to positively impact both children and the families by providing
encouragement and improvement in their quality of life. She is excited to enter
this field and hopes to provide support to families as well as helping to
improve lives. |
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Lara Canham is a physical therapy student at
the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She would like to be a PT
because she has fallen in love with movement and the human body. She also loves
the challenge of being a detective, trying to come up with answers to many
unexplainable problems that have either acutely or chronically caused others
discomfort. She thrives on being given a situation with the goal of making the
most out of it, for the sake of helping others. She cannot wait until she is in
the field, using her skills and knowledge to help others. |
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Erin Lewis is a
physical therapy student at Grand Valley State University in
Michigan. She
believes helping one return to a functional level is the most rewarding outcome
she could imagine for any profession. She would like to be a PT to help people
who have experienced devastating injuries, debilitating diseases or were born
with congenital abnormalities gain function and live there life to the best of
their ability. As a PT, she will get to work with a variety of patients of all
different ages and functional levels allowing her to help children take their
first steps, others regain the ability to walk, and even help athletes return to
the athletic field. The possibilities are endless. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Fall 2008 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Leigh Watts is a physical therapy student at Duke
University in North Carolina. She desires to become a physical therapist in
order to serve people and improve their quality of life. She wants to provide
encouragement to individuals in need. She has a passion for the pediatric
patient population because she loves seeing a child and their parents smile
after they have achieved a developmental milestone. She is very excited to begin
a career in physical therapy to help change lives! |
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Hannah Andrews is a physical therapy student at
Angelo State University in Texas. She is interested in becoming a physical
therapist so she can help people regain function. She believes it is important
that PT's and PTA's do the best that they can to help improve a patient's
function and help to decrease any pain or impairments. Making a difference in
someone's life is very important to her, and she hopes she will be able to help
change peoples' lives for the better because of the role she will play as a
physical therapist. |
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Anne Wysock is a
physical therapy student at Midwestern University in Illinois. She
has always wanted to pursue a career where she could positively impact peoples
lives. She believes physical therapy is a field where she will get to work one
on one with patients in order to achieve their goals. She is also passionate
about being healthy and active, a characteristic she hopes to share with
patients and restore in those who want to return to prior activities. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Spring 2008 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Kathryn Hickey is a physical therapy student at
Bellarmine University in Kentucky. She believes that a career in physical
therapy will afford her the opportunity to serve all people in an effort to
positively affect their lives. With physical therapy, she feels that it’s not
connecting to a person, but working towards their goals, by their terms. She
explains that the PT/patient relationship is a give and take relationship where,
in the end, everyone wins. She wants to see patients master life skills, return
to the activities they love, and positively influence their overall quality of
life. As a physical therapist she would like to teach patients how to walk or
use assistive devices and invent a way of changing bored exercises to fun ones.
She would like to get patients back to their prior level of function, and have
fun doing it. |
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Skyler Lynn is a physical therapy student at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is interested in becoming a
physical therapist because he enjoys listening to people's stories and learning
about their goals. He really enjoys helping them meet their goals to be more
healthy and active individuals. He states he obtains great satisfaction to see a
patient have a change in attitude and outlook on life when they are able to meet
their physical therapy goals and do the things they want to do in life! |
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Lauren Chmielewski is a
physical therapy student at Marquette University in Wisconsin. She
states she was always interested in health care, but had a special love for
movement and muscle action. She believes a profession in Physical Therapy would
afford her such an opportunity to get closer to this love. As a physical
therapist, she would like to be able to assist her patients in achieving more
function and efficiency with everyday activities. She believes that by being a
physical therapist she will be able to treat the whole person, not just the
disorder/injury/disease. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Fall 2007 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Jessica Smith is a
physical therapy student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Throughout college her parents encouraged her to consider medical
school while she saw herself going into veterinary medicine. However, when it
came time to start thinking about graduate school applications she realized that
neither career path was quite right for her. When she really thought about what
she wanted in a career, she realized that her true interest lies in physical
therapy. Through a profession such as physical therapy she believes she will be
able to make a difference in a patient's life by having the opportunity to
develop a relationship with her patient and following through with him or her
throughout the rehabilitation process. |
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Barbara Janiszewski
is a physical therapy student at Marquette University in Wisconsin.
She is pursuing a profession in physical therapy, because she believes there is
nothing more rewarding than being able to help a person achieve a better quality
of life. She loves working with people and feels that physical therapy is a
profession which will allow her to build meaningful relationships with others.
She wants to work closely with people to help them overcome obstacles in their
lives—whether it’s to be able to perform activities of daily living or to
perform at a top sporting level. |
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Stacy King is a
physical therapy student at Hardin-Simmons University in Texas. Her
interest and exposure to physical therapy dates back to high school when she
suffered an injury requiring rehabilitation. She responded very well to physical
therapy and was extremely impressed with her therapist’s knowledge, as well as
with his ability to encourage and motivate her with her recovery. Because of her
past experiences she decided to pursue physical therapy, because she wants to be
a positive and enthusiastic influence for other individuals during their road to
recovery. Through her clinical experiences so far, she believes she is blessed
to have experienced the unmatched reward of being able to help improve and
enrich other lives. She is excited to grow as a student and eager to mature as a
clinician. |
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Congratulations
to the the winners of the $200 CyberPT Spring 2007 Scholarship
Sweepstakes!
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Emily Jaehnig is a
physical therapy student at the University of Wisconsin- Madison.
Ever since she was young she knew that she wanted a type of career
that is one of service to others. She is pursuing a career in
physical therapy, because she believes she has the skills and
ambition to be part of a vital aspect of healthcare today. She
believes advances in medicine and technology are miraculously
preserving more lives than ever before. She wants to help ensure
that these people can live their lives to the fullest. |
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Benedict Stollberg
is a physical therapy student at Marquette University. He is
pursuing a career in physical therapy, because he believes it fits
with his personality and lifestyle. He enjoys interacting with
patients and strives in helping patients with problems and
disabilities achieve their goals and potential functional outcomes.
So far he has enjoyed his physical therapy experiences and feels
that this enjoyment will transfer to better all around care for the
patients that he will be treating. |
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Sara Fajardo is a
physical therapy student at Northern Illinois University. After
researching different professions, a career in physical therapy
appealed to her the most because she found the outcome of helping
others a reward in itself. Once she is a physical therapist, her
goal is to be actively involved in her Hispanic community and to
educate them on the importance and benefits of proper rehabilitation
through physical therapy. This is very important to her as she
believes that often times the Latino culture doesn't fully
understand the benefits of physical therapy. |
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